Skeena Spring

The Skeena is at its lowest level right about now but countless waterfalls stitching the steep mountainsides and rocky cliffs are beginning to set a Spring & Summer melt into motion.

Zipped into Rupert today to drop off a painting for the Icehouse Gallery's exhibition 'Legacy and Lace' celebrating the town's 100th anniversary. Thought I'd enter 'Unrequited' as a statement on the economic conditions of the region following the decades of boom and optimism from the last century. The husband had been exceedingly grumpy about this yesterday, declaring it a complete waste of time but he insisted on driving us in because he'd just changed my tires from snow to summer and didn't want to risk one flying off and plunging me into the Skeena.
He said there had been far too much joking about it to leave it to chance.
One of the assistants at the gallery was Dolly, formerly of Dolly's Seafood Market so the husband pre-ordered a small halibut for a month from now. He requested 20 to 30 pounds which I tried to ammend to 'more like 20' slightly alarmed at the prospect of possibly having to buy a $300 fish.

This is the famous Car Wash Rock, so named for the near steady run of snow and water onto the highway below. (uncharacteristically dry at the moment) We just missed having an oncoming train travelling by at the same time a few mere feet to the right which, when combined with a logging truck in the opposite lane is an experience seldom matched in much of modern travel. This section is representative of the old highway and there's just no wiggle room so that how it stays.
An icy cold, sometimes hair-raising blast from the past.