We finally got a chance to get up for a long planned trip to Stirling for a visit with Merritt & June.
Sunday night we enjoyed an awesome turkey dinner and the girls decorated the freshly cut tree.
The next day while Chris and June went shopping, Merritt and I went on a tour of the Wood's Estates.
Most of the Wood's live within a few 100 yards of one another. Sondra lives next door on the river. Bruce lives a few houses up the street also on the river and Brian lives across the street from Merritt's. Their other daughter Karen lives in Kamloops.
First stop on the tour was property that Karen owns right beside the lock in Glen Ross. We continued over the bridge to Brian's Hunt Camp, 55 acres that he owns across the river. The
garage is located at the back of the property down by the river. This was where they hung the deer that they shot this fall. There is also a large living room at the back of the building with a view of the river.
A view of the river.
Next we drove a few miles to Grandpa's Camp, a 100 acre hunt camp that Merritt owns on Wilson island. The actual hunt camp is located on the back channel of the island and also has a trailer where Merritt and I enjoyed a cold one.
The outhouse has a view of the water!
Next stop was Brian's cottage. It's located on the other side of the island on the Main Channel His old one burned down last fall and this is the one that he is building to replace it! Brian has done most of the work himself.
Check out the size of the timbers inside!
We then went to visit "Uncle" Gary (June's brother). Gary is a master carpenter and has built the addition on Merritt's home and also the one up at Weslemkoon. The inside of his home demonstrates his talents right down to the fireplace. He was just finishing a beautiful fireplace for a client that I missed getting a shot of.
The other interesting thing about Gary is that he is trapper in the winter. There were pelts (and other things) everywhere.
I believe these are martens. The items hanging on the wire behind are beaver balls!
These are racoons and otters.
This is a beaver pelt drying.
We returned to Merritt's in time for a million dollar view of a beautiful sunset looking up the river!
Thanks for all the hospitality guys!
