Boswell BC

We headed to BC for the Labour Day long weekend to spend some time with the Thygesen family at their cabin. Jenna T. is the childhood best friend of Jenna. It was an amazing weekend of good food made by Carin and co., playing board games and having the chance to get out on the lake, boating. We had a lovely picnic on the beach. And Mats learned to water ski for the first time and got up on his second try!

The last day we helped out some local retirees digging out the dam that was used for the town's water supply. It had filled up when a big spring rainfall created a mudslide. We shoveled and hauled buckets of creek silt, then fire-hosed it down. We were glad we joined, since most of the locals were 80+'ers and still carrying heavy buckets.

Unfortunately, there were wild fires still burning a few valleys over. We were safe but a few days the smoke was very thick over the lake. We drove past an active fire on our way to the cabin. Thank goodness there was a large lake between us. It was a pretty scary sight.Read more