Harmony
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I was recently selected to participate in a Provincial History Fair held in Kamloops, BC. I had the time of my life with other youth from ALL over BC. Over the course of four days they stuffed us with food, we got held at 'gunpoint' by masked robbers on horses, we had the opportunity to carve on a Spirit Totem Pole, ate more food, managed to drive our chaperones crazy, and endured more than 24 hours in a bus which carted us from our homes to the site of the fair. I am still amazed at how we could go up to a person for the first time, give this random person a hug, and then be the best of friends 5 minutes later. The chaperones with us also had to endure 4 hours of riddles on the way to the fair, and balloon tag/volleyball for 2 hours on the way back. We also had stopped at a tiny museum in Hope and the WHOLE bus of 50 people waited for 45 minutes to use one of 2 washrooms... and we STILL managed to make it to our homes on time. It was a great time, and we all made lots of new friends.
And, of course, I took photos! So here are a few that I got PP'ed.
And, of course, I took photos! So here are a few that I got PP'ed.
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[This is a Native graveyard that we passed by while on the 2141, an old, restored steam train.]
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[The hills of Kamloops and surrounding areas are, at the center, rock, but covered in sand and soil. If Kamloops got rain (it doesn't. Kamloops is arid, semi-desert terrain) there would be landslides. As it were, the slopes are sparsely populated with pine trees. And ever since the winter's started getting warmer, the pine beetle has been eating and destroying pine trees, seemingly at random, but if we can't figure out how to deal with them, all the trees will be brown and dead.]
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[The view from inside a pit house, looking outside.]
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[A view from outside into a different pit house. There were four at the site.]
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[Taken from a moving bus, in the middle of a food-fight and a HORRIBLE rendition of 'the wheels on the bus'. (I have SKILLS!)]
[This is a Native graveyard that we passed by while on the 2141, an old, restored steam train.]
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[The hills of Kamloops and surrounding areas are, at the center, rock, but covered in sand and soil. If Kamloops got rain (it doesn't. Kamloops is arid, semi-desert terrain) there would be landslides. As it were, the slopes are sparsely populated with pine trees. And ever since the winter's started getting warmer, the pine beetle has been eating and destroying pine trees, seemingly at random, but if we can't figure out how to deal with them, all the trees will be brown and dead.]
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[The view from inside a pit house, looking outside.]
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[A view from outside into a different pit house. There were four at the site.]
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[Taken from a moving bus, in the middle of a food-fight and a HORRIBLE rendition of 'the wheels on the bus'. (I have SKILLS!)]
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