CAUTIOUS CARGO ↑ This way up ↑: Meeting the family, Hope, BC. And, I go for a walk, October 2014.

I'd chosen to work in Hope because my cousin Sandie and husband Pete live there, pictured below when we visited Bridal Veil Falls. They also took me to Hell's Gate, Alexandra Bridge and a place for spotting spawning salmon, who return to their birthplace to reproduce. We also took a trip to the old cattle farm in Agassiz where my Great Aunt Muriel and husband Ted lived. It meant a lot to catch up with my Canadian family; I was able to spend time with cousin Wendy again, who I'd last seen on Vancouver Island with Matt, and I even caught up with cousin Bob, wife Pat and daughter Zabrina, who I'd never met before. And so, I got to be included in Canadian Thanksgiving.

The rest of the photos below I took when out hiking on my day off from the retreat. It was pretty special! The barely-perceptible sound of pine needles landing in a silent forest...