"The 4th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group". They are on a training exercise and making a trek from Kitimat, BC to Churchill, Manitoba on snowmobiles. (I think they actually started on Northern Vancouver Island, but this is the leg they're on now.)
I have to admit that when we got a call on Friday night from the local snowmobile club asking permission for these guys to cross our land, I was more than skeptical and somewhat annoyed. I thought it was B.S. (you know how I feel about those ski-dooers).
They were supposed to come through on Sunday, but we saw no one. As we were taking Sara and Kevin back to the airport in Prince George yesterday, there was a piece on CBC Radio about this very thing. They interviewed a couple of the Rangers who explained what they are doing.
So, it's for real. Now I'm excited. I'm glued to their website where they have a link where anyone can track their progress. They have a SPOT (we have one of those....I've talked about it here on my blog before). Too bad Sara & Kevin had to go home and will miss it. These guys will be passing something like 20 feet in front of our house.
2 comments:
AWESOME!
I'm standing by as well....
And the word verification is "songs". COOL.
That's pretty cool. Intrusive but cool.
(I feel like Charlie Brown, I didn't get a good word verification - I got "ficonch")
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