Grandad's Visit

For the past two weeks we had the lovely privilege of having my Grandad Harris come and stay with us. It was very special to have a visitor from New Zealand and special that it was him.

When he arrived the weather was milder and there were still autumn coloured leaves on the trees. During that week we did some sight seeing around the area and went for walks. 

When it was cool in the mornings and evenings we worked on puzzles. Five were completed during his stay.

We went for drives to see some of the touristy things and the landscape. One was this curved wooden bridge built in 1943. We also went to a couple of museums to learn about the building of the Alaska Highway and history of Fort St John.

In our travels we didn't see a whole lot of wildlife but this moose was spotted on our way to church.

  
On two evenings we went out hunting bear with Davis' Dad. The first night we just saw some deer. On the second night we saw two bears. One of them we got close enough to that we certainly didn't need the binoculars. It was probably about 5 meters away then the height up the tree he climbed. It was too small to shoot so didn't get to see that part of the hunting action.

On Monday it was Canadian Thanksgiving so we had a thanksgiving meal with the Goertzen family. There was the traditional turkey then some bear roast so that Grandad could have a taste. 

On the second Wednesday we awoke to some snow. It was quite wet and the road out the the Thiessen's farm was on the icy slippery side (giving Grandad an idea of transitional winter roads).

It was hard to say goodbye at the airport on the Friday after having such a lovely time together. The time went by too fast. We look forward to seeing others from NZ either here or when we get back there.