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The Kokanee salmon are spawning, took the boy to see:
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A short - overdue trip to the big city, visiting some friends. I'd promised, and at the worst of all times (work, Jeep, Bills) had to make good on it. Bus to Calgary, flight to Toronto, very few short days, but enough, enough to see friends, the local sights, attractions, find abundant inspiration which as of late has been sadly elusive...
(The CN Tower, a proper landmark as from almost anywhere in Toronto you only have to walk a block to see it)
(great diner sign)
(yep.)
(Every town has one. Nelson has more than a few...)
(CN Tower)
Phenomenal used bookstores...
Everywhere great old buildings and architecture. Friends, they have a 5 room suite, in the ghetto, $1400 per month, but - with the speed and ease of public transportation it's easily escaped. And the ghetto here is far, far more interesting than the mediocre suburbs of Calgary.
I wanted to buy the sign...not sure how it'd go over here...
The Olympus. I had the Morning Glory burger, plenty big enough. Check out the Olympus - I wanted to order it just for the photo, but there was no chance in hell I'd be able to eat all that. Food, generally, in Toronto is a heck of a lot cheaper than out west...
Rated #3 for fine dining in TO, but, no, no it isn't. The other extreme, haute french cuisine, well done, but expensive and boring...
I was pretty excited when I passed this, but popping inside the building found nothing...
Passed this on one of my many, many walks (25 KM/Day average) - unfortunately it wasn't open on my timeframe.
Link: https://www.skullstore.ca/ & http://prehistoria.ca/
Casa Loma, won't bore you with the hundreds of pictures I took here...well, maybe just one:
(A well integrated fusion of a modern high rise with an old church)
Everywhere the independently owned "variety" stores, for cigarettes, lotteries, etc. As you can't display cigarettes in Canada for fear of harming the psychology of young children the store owner here has thoughtfully displayed dozens of packages of herbal viagra...
Old pay phones that somehow display like modern art pieces installed on street corners...
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At the thrift shop, a pair of old gooseneck desk lamps, excellent condition (although I love the form, I despise the color, may need to correct...).
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The haze over the lake is growing thick, in places you can't see the other side. My day off, stolen by a part-timer who refused to work the long weekend, terrified by the rumours of the busiest days of the year, fortunately it's a late start...
Head down to the lake, pass the day with a full bottle of Stoly, it was on sale, the economy of fools, I'm drinking, making notes, snapping photos, some great photos...
The haze from the fires gives a great horizon...
I'm joined by some german tourists, they go swimming, making for a great photo:
German jumping off pier (right click, open in new window or tab to embiggen). I finish my vodka, lie down for a nap, wake at 6:00, a dozen messages on my phone, I'm late, into the jeep, soaking wet, must have fallen off the pier, sketchy as all out, trying to get to work, I'm late, I'm hammered, my every professional nightmare come true.
Graciously they say nothing, in the land of Foon I'm still a relatively model employee...
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Anxious to check out my hand dredge, crevassing tool, I head out. A favorite river south of Salmo, beautiful spot, and as luck would have it the river's low, passable, and I can get into all sorts of spots I wouldn't otherwise be able to with my tools.
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In theory it should be good, the hand dredge sucks up the material from the bottom of the waterfall and pools, works well (the lid keeps popping off, but I can fix this), and I scrape the crevices in the bedrock, gather the material up and pan it out.
And when I'm done, out of about 6 small buckets of material I've got 6 small flakes of gold. Tiny flakes, flour, hardly the showing I was expecting or hoping for.
Such a great location though...
When I get home I put the final concentrates under the microscope, a handful of fine gravel, and see what I've got.