We’ve done so much already it’s hard to remember what to write about! The island reminds us of a beach town. It’s kind of weathered, but cozy at the same time. You can fish off the docks – Jason and Kurtis caught 4 rock fish for lunch one day).
There are a couple of grocery/convenient stores, one restaurant/bed and breakfast and a small casino (where I hear they have great free coffee and bingo).
There are LOTS of roaming dogs. . . which we haven’t decided if they have owners or not. They are definitely not fixed. Most of them are really cute and make us miss our dog Texas – but also glad we didn’t bring her.
On a walk the other day we watched a man working on a memorial totem pole for his Grandmother who passed away a little over a year ago. He came over to our house last night with some friends from the school and explained more to us about the culture of the Tsimshian people, which was really amazing. He invited us to the potlatch where the totem pole will be put up in his front yard this September. We are looking forward to attending.
One of the things that Jason’s cousin Kurtis really wanted to do was to jump off the dock into the water before he went home. We all walked down and there were about 5 junior high girls hanging out there. It was really cute because they had gone to the store and bought a carton of ice cream and a package of plastic spoons to eat it on the dock. It was gone by the time we were there, but looked like they had a good time. Kurtis jumped in the water a couple of times – so it couldn’t have been that cold – but we weren’t about to find out. He had a good time doing front and back flips and there was even a little boy who thought he was the coolest, begging him to do more.
Jason and Kurtis also went on a hike one day up Purple Mountain. They took some great pictures of the town. The hike goes up to a lake that provides the city water. Apparently there used to be a bottled water company here. . .the water is really fresh and delicious tasting.
There are a couple of grocery/convenient stores, one restaurant/bed and breakfast and a small casino (where I hear they have great free coffee and bingo).
There are LOTS of roaming dogs. . . which we haven’t decided if they have owners or not. They are definitely not fixed. Most of them are really cute and make us miss our dog Texas – but also glad we didn’t bring her.
On a walk the other day we watched a man working on a memorial totem pole for his Grandmother who passed away a little over a year ago. He came over to our house last night with some friends from the school and explained more to us about the culture of the Tsimshian people, which was really amazing. He invited us to the potlatch where the totem pole will be put up in his front yard this September. We are looking forward to attending.
One of the things that Jason’s cousin Kurtis really wanted to do was to jump off the dock into the water before he went home. We all walked down and there were about 5 junior high girls hanging out there. It was really cute because they had gone to the store and bought a carton of ice cream and a package of plastic spoons to eat it on the dock. It was gone by the time we were there, but looked like they had a good time. Kurtis jumped in the water a couple of times – so it couldn’t have been that cold – but we weren’t about to find out. He had a good time doing front and back flips and there was even a little boy who thought he was the coolest, begging him to do more.
Jason and Kurtis also went on a hike one day up Purple Mountain. They took some great pictures of the town. The hike goes up to a lake that provides the city water. Apparently there used to be a bottled water company here. . .the water is really fresh and delicious tasting.
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