One can be attracted to anything when visiting vast estates. I generally veer towards the gardens, as I love admiring plant life. Not today though! Although the gardens were stunning, my attention was riveted on a specific stone painting.The painting showed a herd of...
When summer came there was no time for leisure. John returned to work in the sawmill.One day he was assigned to put dressing on the long conveyor belt to keep it from slipping around the pulley. He had never before done this operation. In his inexperience, he applied...
The tourist bureau at Qualicum Beach warned us. In fact, their exact words went something like this: "The roads leading to Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park aren't fit to be driven at any time; and especially not in this rain!"We didn't believe them, and we set out in...
For my friend, Claire, computers are a wonderful mystery.She loves the informational possibilities of the Internet. She loves being able to communicate with her friends all around the world via e-mail. She loves playing Solitaire.But she has no idea how it all works....
Building the 1523 miles long Alaska Highway in less than 9 months (see Alcan, Part 1: A U.S. Highway in Canada?) did not come without huge sacrifices.For one thing, how do you move thousands of soldiers and civilians, as well as more than 11,000 pieces of...
There we are. Lost in the woods in pitch darkness, the moon hidden by a thick canopy of leaves overhead, and to make matters worse, we are being followed by ferocious wolves and angry black bears. How did we end up in this mess?That's a good question, one that I'm...
I finally found a Survivor I want to sign up for. It's...SPA SURVIVOR. Instead of competitions where you end up dragging yourself all across a sandy desert beach, you have to endure a really rough exfoliator. Yeah, that'll rub you the wrong way. Competitions could...