Nelson, BC

Today were suppose to drive up to Nelson, British Columbia and take the ferry to Victoria Islands.  We drive up and the ferry was the coolest thing for us.  We had never been on a boat where you actually drive your car onto and park.  We needed to cross the Columbia River.  Daddy drove the car to a storage area underneath the deck of the boat and parked.  We walk-up to the top and then there is this coffeshop with snacks and hot chocolate.  Even though it was freezing we wanted to be on deck to see everything.  It took the ferry about 20 minutes to cross.  The widest river I have seen so far.  It was huge, deep and the water was icy and choppy, but the coolest.  Once the boat docked, we walked underneath again and drive the car off, Alex and Junie had come in their station wagon.  We drove onto Nelson and saw the Victoria Islands.  It was beautiful, this side of Canada has more of the Great Britain influences, so we saw more buildings looking like the parliment in London, at least what I've seen in pictures. 

We spent most of the day there and around 4pm we started heading back to the ferry again.  We were in the truck with daddy and Aunt and Uncle following, but we must of lost each other, because next thing you know daddy missed the turn and pretty soon we were lost.  By now the roads have a layer of ice over them and the truck starting sliding and we started to cry, momma telling us to keep quiet because daddy needed to watch his driving so we sat there with our teeth clenched and jerking everytime the truck started to slide.  It wasn't getting any better and there seemed to be more and more cars stranded on the side of the road, so daddy pulled over and waited.  Now..this is in 1971 - No Cell Phones !! Daddy, the social one, started talking to everyone else, there must have been five to eight cars parked there, and there was this large cliff in the middle of the road dividing the two opposite lanes.  You could actually see rocks sliding down this crevice.  Even to walk you would slide around and we were scared we would slide into the cliff.  Get it...Cliffhanger!!!