January 20, 2005
Shelter Within May 21: I abandoned my dismal camp and my bicycle to the storm. Inside the modest cottage, there was a little heater, above which I hung my clothes and bedding to steam. In the corner stood a steel bedstead. The mattress sagged, caressing my tired limbs. Beside the bed, a bookcase held a […]
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January 20, 2005
Men in Tights May 18: The unlikely name of Beaverdell (787m/2582ft), 50 kilometres north of Rock Creek, is intended not to evoke, as one might imagine, the refuge of Canada’s industrious toothy rodent, but springs from the amalgamation, in 1901, of the mining towns of Beaverton and Rendell. I rolled into town in time for […]
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