Found Fort St john!
Hey guys!
What a process. I made it safe and sound after driving approx 1,250 kms north. It took one day (6am-8pm,)a stop in Cache Creek for lunch with Richard, and my cousin Chad and family and every Tim Hortons from there on in. After passing Prince George and facing 5 more hours of driving it finally hit me that I was moving far far away. And that the pine beattle is one of the worst things on earth. The amazing landscape kept me excited and awake cause I'm corny like that and couldn't get over it. This was the furthest north i have ever been and i was like giddy for what was around the bend. I took tons of pics of the scenery but they were't doing it justice. You hit like a summit (See Powder King) and you are surounded be mountains and then it flattens out and rivers, lake and valleys are the norm. It was so great.
Except for the time I pulled over to take this one picture. The silence was classic eerie and I felt like I could fall over and die and no one would find me for years. That's how alone I was. Then a semi comes up the road like a bat out of hell, it takes like 8.4 secs to reach me after covering like 2 km, honks at me and almost takes my car door off. I got back into my mini and beetled on. Who did he think he was ruining that moment for me. Loser.
Sorry for the lack of pics in the entry but I forgot my camera's plug in thing...inconvienent. i'll fix that up. Neptune has rented 3 townhouses. I share one with Gui (a small french guy with a black mowhawk who wants to be like borhter and sister...) and Daniel (a small phillipino dad with broken english but great heart!). The accomodations are clean and nonsmelly which is great. Thank goodness I got the biggest room because apparently I brought alot of stuff. I'm glad I like my room cause I think I will spend alot of time there.
So far I have been checkin out the town on my own time. Me and my little civic almost got trampled over by 8 of the biggest trucks I have ever seen. I think it may get akward when snow comes and I'm still the only civic on the road up here. The trucks are like GMC vans...and then an extended cab. I swear. Plus tires larger than my car.
I saw a girl with Bart Simpson tatooed on her arm? Maybe she thought it was ok cause Bart was holding a sling shot. She caught me staring at it. This of course was at Wal-mart. Taco Bell is closed down due to lack of staff. And all I wanted was a chicken burrito! They pay 12.00 to work at Wendy's or Timmy's yet the staff still has no idea the difference between a bagel and a donut.
Gui made me drive him to the SPCA to look for a dog or something? Ew. Gui, I dont want to share a dog with you. There is a couch and and car engine out on our duplexe's front lawn. There are alot of boys up here. Yep. The shopping mall is wicked if you like mariposa and bootlegger. Or a poster shop featuring Rocky or tigers.
No one drives faster then 49km an hour which is fine cause I figure less chance of me crashing a second vehicle. Once I reached 51km and a construction dude waved a slow down sign my way. I feel like lots of people here smoke or spit.
Anyway, superficial and quick judgements so far. That's all I have. We really haven't started work yet other than a couple training sessions. We park in the public works yard of the city of fort st john. Hopefully they like me enough to give me a job so I can stay here forever. Or not.
Love you all! All the bestest!
Love Chief
What a process. I made it safe and sound after driving approx 1,250 kms north. It took one day (6am-8pm,)a stop in Cache Creek for lunch with Richard, and my cousin Chad and family and every Tim Hortons from there on in. After passing Prince George and facing 5 more hours of driving it finally hit me that I was moving far far away. And that the pine beattle is one of the worst things on earth. The amazing landscape kept me excited and awake cause I'm corny like that and couldn't get over it. This was the furthest north i have ever been and i was like giddy for what was around the bend. I took tons of pics of the scenery but they were't doing it justice. You hit like a summit (See Powder King) and you are surounded be mountains and then it flattens out and rivers, lake and valleys are the norm. It was so great.
Except for the time I pulled over to take this one picture. The silence was classic eerie and I felt like I could fall over and die and no one would find me for years. That's how alone I was. Then a semi comes up the road like a bat out of hell, it takes like 8.4 secs to reach me after covering like 2 km, honks at me and almost takes my car door off. I got back into my mini and beetled on. Who did he think he was ruining that moment for me. Loser.
Sorry for the lack of pics in the entry but I forgot my camera's plug in thing...inconvienent. i'll fix that up. Neptune has rented 3 townhouses. I share one with Gui (a small french guy with a black mowhawk who wants to be like borhter and sister...) and Daniel (a small phillipino dad with broken english but great heart!). The accomodations are clean and nonsmelly which is great. Thank goodness I got the biggest room because apparently I brought alot of stuff. I'm glad I like my room cause I think I will spend alot of time there.
So far I have been checkin out the town on my own time. Me and my little civic almost got trampled over by 8 of the biggest trucks I have ever seen. I think it may get akward when snow comes and I'm still the only civic on the road up here. The trucks are like GMC vans...and then an extended cab. I swear. Plus tires larger than my car.
I saw a girl with Bart Simpson tatooed on her arm? Maybe she thought it was ok cause Bart was holding a sling shot. She caught me staring at it. This of course was at Wal-mart. Taco Bell is closed down due to lack of staff. And all I wanted was a chicken burrito! They pay 12.00 to work at Wendy's or Timmy's yet the staff still has no idea the difference between a bagel and a donut.
Gui made me drive him to the SPCA to look for a dog or something? Ew. Gui, I dont want to share a dog with you. There is a couch and and car engine out on our duplexe's front lawn. There are alot of boys up here. Yep. The shopping mall is wicked if you like mariposa and bootlegger. Or a poster shop featuring Rocky or tigers.
No one drives faster then 49km an hour which is fine cause I figure less chance of me crashing a second vehicle. Once I reached 51km and a construction dude waved a slow down sign my way. I feel like lots of people here smoke or spit.
Anyway, superficial and quick judgements so far. That's all I have. We really haven't started work yet other than a couple training sessions. We park in the public works yard of the city of fort st john. Hopefully they like me enough to give me a job so I can stay here forever. Or not.
Love you all! All the bestest!
Love Chief
posted by Lauren | 1:45 PM
3 Comments:
Chief, WOW! That was our reaction to reading this entry. I must say it brings me (erin) all the way back to my Fort St. James days...good times. Sounds like you had quite a road trip...watch out out for large moving vehicles and get some chains for your tires. Also, if you search really really hard...you can find some goldies in Mariposa...classy! hehe. You can pull it off or we can send you cloths in the mail. Let us know if you need another pair of carhart pants or hoochie tank tops!!! We love you and will call you when we have 'spare' time!!! Peace out...make sure to hug a tree today because tomorow they could be eaten by those pesky little beetles...maybe you should have taken that job as well. Killed two birds with one stone. (Jamie liked my analogy) Good one!! heheheh...oh, we miss our little chiefer. It's 11 and we're, well at least I'm overtired. Married life...hmmm...tiring!!!hehe. Ok, going to stop now...hopefully no one else reads these comments...shoot. Maybe I should go back and erase? Isn't this commentary great....this will provide perhaps 10 minutes of entertainment give or take...depending on how fast you read. Tomorow me and Jamie plan to explore the world of art. A trip to Target to get supplies such as a canvas and paint....and we heard painting topless really brings out your creative juices. What do you think? Have a great rest of you week. Hope you gave you some giggles. Maybe even out loud. Word.
Ladies. WOW. giggles out loud yes you got them from me! Punk girl beside me at the "free" library internet stop wants to beat me up. You girls are priceless. Erin I think you are the funniest when you are over tired. I love it. I felt like you were here giving me the commentary. Its great to witness your humor again from miles and miles away! It too refreshing. Jamie, I will see you next weekend! I may get to come home earlier cause the work is delayed...classic case. Have sooo much fun. Love you girls!
Speaking of Ft St James...lots of spitting there too....never did figure it out...everybody spit or is it spat? , men, women, kids, old ladies,....Anyways if you can find out WHY? please pass on the info
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