Why British Columbia is Such a Fabulous Place

[skookumchuck]

heeeeey you stole that line from the Tomahawk BBQ placemats.

Thats what the prairies have been called since I was a kid. Even my mother, who was born and raised in Yorkton called them that.

Hmmm, my mother was born and grew up between Atwater and Bredenbury. I was there a few times but don't remember any hills, er....they call them mountains?:lol:

 

[B00Mer]

The best memory I have of BC is when the Olympic torch ran by my place in Langley.. That was just cool.

Lots of very proud Canadians lined the street that day.. :canada:

My best memory of British Columbia, and a warm winter it was... trucking in snow.. LOL

 

[Mowich]

Home is where you make it and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I've worked
in BC years ago (Logging around Salmon Arm, & Exploration about where BC &
AB & the NWT meet on a map) and it was beautiful in its own way, but the pic
that Petros posted above pulls at my heart strings. It's truely beautiful in my eyes
as a Prairie Boy!

With that in mind, for those from BC, I get where you defend BC & its beauty, as
that is home to you. For me it's open spaces with big skys, and river valleys that
open up to lakes and rivers, and the forests to the north (I've spend years in P.A.),
and the crops waving in the wind.

Someone from NFLD will defend their home in debate with all their heart when all
I see is broken rock with trees clinging to them (make'n for shyte farm land), but
that's their home and I get that they see true beauty in it.

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Well said, Ron. We are so lucky to live in a country that has such a broad and diverse landscape. Having lived in several provinces during my lifetime, I have found that often what ties us to a place is more a matter of community than any particular feature of the terrain. We should celebrate the fact that this country belongs to all of us - from the mountains to the prairies to the Barrens - there is beauty to be found everywhere. :canada:

 

[talloola]

:wav:

Well said, Ron. We are so lucky to live in a country that has such a broad and diverse landscape. Having lived in several provinces during my lifetime, I have found that often what ties us to a place is more a matter of community than any particular feature of the terrain. We should celebrate the fact that this country belongs to all of us - from the mountains to the prairies to the Barrens - there is beauty to be found everywhere. :canada:

for sure, I agree

 

[L Gilbert]

What I don't like, is the people that drive from rest stop to rest stop, pulling garbage out of the bin onto the ground for a few bottles.. Hwy 97C - Merritt to Kelowna

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9682/garbagew.jpg

That might be the furry, black type of people doing that, too:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/red-neck/6263132334/lightbox/

Yeah, there's never any sun shining in BC:

and there's never any cloudy days that have their own type of beauty, either:

 

[Mowich]

:canada:

 

[B00Mer]

That might be the furry, black type of people doing that, too:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/red-neck/6263132334/lightbox/

Yeah, but;

1. they have a latch to small for a bear to open, and most important;

2. I took the pic because I was sitting in my rig watching this lady in the red jeep make this mess as she dived for bottles.. I have a bigger pic with the tag number of course.

btw, awesome pics you posted, real nice. thumbs up

:canada:

Nice a map of Alaska and Greenland.. lol ;-)

 

[L Gilbert]

Yeah, but;

1. they have a latch to small for a bear to open,

lol We live in an area with lots of bears and you'd be surprised to see what bears can get into and how delicate they can be while doing it. Had a black bear open the trunk of someone's car last year. Still trying to figure out how the bear did it. Outside looked like normal. Inside the trunk was torn apart. lol And no, it didn't go through the back seat.

and most important;

2. I took the pic because I was sitting in my rig watching this lady in the red jeep make this mess as she dived for bottles.. I have a bigger pic with the tag number of course.

You mean she's not one of those furry black critters I mentioned?

btw, awesome pics you posted, real nice. thumbs up

 

[bill barilko]

On the tours I do to Whistler I sometime ask people to prove they aren't Bears by opening one of the Bear-proof garbage cans as shown in the photo.

About 25% can't open one no matter how hard they try-oddly it's often Kiwis who have the hardest time.

 

[taxslave]

On the tours I do to Whistler I sometime ask people to prove they aren't Bears by opening one of the Bear-proof garbage cans as shown in the photo.

About 25% can't open one no matter how hard they try-oddly it's often Kiwis who have the hardest time.

Bear proof is kind of like kid proof. To get in an adult needs to find one or the other.

 

[B00Mer]

Just a few more BC pics.. shot today.. Tsawwassen // Point Roberts border..

No immigration point, you have to drive 2 miles east to a check point before you "legally" cross.

 

[Kreskin]

Went thru Rogers Pass a couple of days ago.

 

[B00Mer]

Went thru Rogers Pass a couple of days ago.

Yes, I will be seeing that in 8 hrs.. if I can get my ass out the door. Eh is that blue sky's? So that's what it looks like.. lol