Hello folks in Blogland,
We are settling into life on the islands. And being introduced to the realities of of life that changes islanders! All food is brought in on the BC ferries thus almost everything is expensive even the Dollar Store reflects this - most items are $1.50 instead of $1.00 . We have to do as Sean suggests and shop smart …buy only what you need and don’t look at the price. I guess it’s a trade off for the peaceful life here. Yesterday however that ferry broke down -there will be no ferry or food delivery till Wednesday so by supper time last night, milk, bread and a lot of other staples are lost in the rush of panic purchase. The Fortunately we bought our groceries in the morning before any one knew about the breakdown.
On to more positive things we visited the Kaa Center (Haida Heritage Center )and enjoyed talks given by a group of graduate students on forestry and its effects on society and life here on Haida Gwaii. We can see that here, as in many small communities people wear many hats volunteering is a necessary element to make life happen.
Today Sean is taking part in a volunteer fire training session and we are preparing for a community hike at Anvil Point ….report and pictures to follow.
Wow what a forest and what a trooper little Izzie is. He spent the two hours of the hike humming and telling himself little funny stories and Laughing (at his own jokes) .The trees in the forest here are massive some of the trees are actually growing out of trees that died and rotted many of years ago. It is mind boggling to stand at the base of a tree that was a seedling 800 years ago.
Stay tuned more to come by the end of the week.
We are settling into life on the islands. And being introduced to the realities of of life that changes islanders! All food is brought in on the BC ferries thus almost everything is expensive even the Dollar Store reflects this - most items are $1.50 instead of $1.00 . We have to do as Sean suggests and shop smart …buy only what you need and don’t look at the price. I guess it’s a trade off for the peaceful life here. Yesterday however that ferry broke down -there will be no ferry or food delivery till Wednesday so by supper time last night, milk, bread and a lot of other staples are lost in the rush of panic purchase. The Fortunately we bought our groceries in the morning before any one knew about the breakdown.
On to more positive things we visited the Kaa Center (Haida Heritage Center )and enjoyed talks given by a group of graduate students on forestry and its effects on society and life here on Haida Gwaii. We can see that here, as in many small communities people wear many hats volunteering is a necessary element to make life happen.
Today Sean is taking part in a volunteer fire training session and we are preparing for a community hike at Anvil Point ….report and pictures to follow.
Wow what a forest and what a trooper little Izzie is. He spent the two hours of the hike humming and telling himself little funny stories and Laughing (at his own jokes) .The trees in the forest here are massive some of the trees are actually growing out of trees that died and rotted many of years ago. It is mind boggling to stand at the base of a tree that was a seedling 800 years ago.
Stay tuned more to come by the end of the week.
1 comment:
The "dollar stores" here are called "Pound Stores"...and with the exchange rate it's worse than $1.50 :S.
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