Good moon rising in South Cariboo

Last night I enjoyed the sight of the moon rising over the lake. In my tent, I read a book by lantern (battery powered) while the coyotes and loons howled and hooted outside. This morning I watched squirrels running and dragonflies flitting – and now I’ve lined up wireless access at my campsite!

Thanks to 100 Mile NetShop, I’m set up for access from my campsite for $5 a day. It was my son who first turned on the computer and found the wireless network, but alas I did not have a user name and password to login to the BC Wireless Hotspot Service.

So I drove into 100 Mile House, called 100 Mile NetShop, set everything up, and am looking forward to connecting from my campsite. I love going online from inside my tent!

At this moment, I’m writing from The Chartreuse Moose Cappucino Bar & Bistro in 100 Mile House, drinking a huge fish bowl of delicious coffee while using their wireless network. It’s my third day in a row here, and it’s been a pleasure.

I’m also trying to line up a local safety-related story for my other blog Speaking of Safety – and it looks like I’m meeting with success. It’s a great opportunity to get a local story while I’m outside of the Lower Mainland.

A funny thing happened the night before last: a fox ran off with my flip-flop sandal, chewed it up, and left it about 100 metres from my tent. I had been trying, with little success, to get a good photo of the gorgeous little thing, but I gave up and went to my tent. As always, I took off my shoes and left them outside – but when I got up in the morning, there was only one!

I wasn’t mad about the flip-flop; instead, I was a bit worried that the fox might have gotten sick from eating it. So it was a relief to find the shoe nearby later in the day.

What a sly fox!