Two Sides 8.9.25
There are two sides to northern Canada – beautiful and terrifying. Before heading north, we stopped at Spokane for repairs, which is becoming a bit of a routine. We added a new mechanic, Todd at Washington Carriage, to our list of repair people. We’re on a first-name basis with these mechanical geniuses in so many places. Let’s see, there’s Paul in the Chicago area, Stevie in Spokane, Brian in Fairbanks, Jake in Fort Nelson … One afternoon we took in the Spokane Valley Heritage Museum, a small collection of local artifacts. One of the most interesting exhibits was a collection of old telephones and switchboards. It was fun to watch a few children who were visiting, trying to imagine what life was like in the days of an old desk phone with buttons … let alone a rotary dial phone or the kind where you had to speak into a mouthpiece! I’d say LCR and I, along with the enthusiastic retiree guides, were the only ones who can remember a time when you wou...
