More about the fort from the children's perspective...

We had so much fun going to Fort St. James. One of our favorite parts was getting molasses cookies from a tour guide that were slightly burnt on the bottom - they were supposed to be fed to the chickens, but she shared them with us instead. Our favorite part was meeting a local Carrier (a First Nations) man who showed us how they make leather. At the end of his talk, he gave us each a real rabbit fur to take to the general store and trade for a treat. We had to make up a good story to get a good trade. Here is my story:

I came from far, far away trapping animals. I caught a black bear while it was hibernating. It kicked me really hard and knocked out a tooth.

I traded my pelt for 'gold bars' - the best kind really, filled with chocolate!

Yaya didn't think she could survive an entire winter on canned fruit and dried salmon jerky day after day. Winter comes early and stays late here - their flowers (bulbs) are just coming up now! BRRR... I don't really know what this means but the lady said the average low temperatures in this area are -30 degrees Celsius.

The RV park we are staying in is cool - Dave made a mini golf course with real grass. He planted lovely gardens all around it with fountains and water and everything. They even had a life-sized checkerboard with pieces so big you could play wizard's chess (okay checkers, but the battles from Harry Potter are so much cooler - I can't imagine checkers fighting)

Today we are visiting a 'Ksan village - a First Nations village with totem poles. I'll write more later.