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
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