Reptiles at Risk

Into British Columbia

Posted by Jeff Hathaway on August 12, 2008 at 2:55 PM

We have finally entered the last province on our trip. Yesterday we crossed over into British Columbia, and ironically just as we crossed over it started to rain. It is a beautiful day today however, though it's a little cooler than we've been used to. Today we're in Creston BC doing a show at the library as well as the wildlife area nearby and a provincial park tonight - it'll be a busy day. We woke up early this morning to make it to our first show, however we crossed over into Pacific time on our way to the show and gained another hour, so now we're an hour early. It's ok though- James and Jeff are taking apart one of the wheels on the trailer to see what might be going wrong with the brakes on it, I'm writing this update and Sara is filling out some booking sheets for the remainder of our shows in BC. We make good use of all the time we get!

So far we've seen a bunch of signs for wildlife crossings on the highways, but we have yet to see any of the large animals. Today we saw a turkey and her young by the side of the road, but that's the biggest thing we've seen in BC. Well, actually, I suppose we've seen deer, but we've gotten so used to seeing deer that they hardly register any more.

Our shows today and yesterday were both in Western Painted Turtle areas. These turtles are actually endangered in parts of BC, so it was interesting to see areas devoted to the painted turtles - something you wouldn't see in Ontario where Midland Painted turtles are more common.

We are all still very happy to be traveling through the rocky mountains and to be seeing such wonderful scenery. Today we entered orchard country as well and I'm hoping that we'll pick up some fresh BC fruit soon.

The Library is about to open, so I'll sign off now.
'Till next time,

-Heather