Crossing Canada With The Maplemusketeer Volume One - An Overview (June 2014) | Page 96

Troy and his family cross the cold stream to sit in the shade near the hot spring waterfall. At the little bridge made of a narrow piece of wood, he has to turn sideways and side hop, holding his crutches out for balance and being careful not to put weight on his broken leg. The pools have a turquoise colour and fascinate me with allusions to how they form over time. I observe a frog in a hollow. Many months later, I learn that the whole area has been wiped out in the high-water season by the cold stream becoming, for a time, a torrential flow. Ages are the Moments Making Fairmont Hot Springs The Old Bathhouse Fairmont Hot Springs Victoria – Nanaimo – Campbell River – Egmont – Sechelt – Vancouver – Abbotsford – Hope – Yale – Revelstoke – Golden – Calgary – Didsbury – Edmonton – Farmer’s Field – Kola – Winnipeg – Nivervil e – Toronto – Kitchener – Woodstock – Sauble Beach – Stouffvil e – Newmarket – Orleans – Montreal – Moncton – Halifax 96 97