i recently went to fort st. john which was great. my work went well, i met some great people, and it totally defied any expectations i had of the place and people there.
a) i thought it would be a dust bowl. it's very green.
b) i thought i would be a redneck's paradise. it's not a redneck paradise. it's a boomtown. there's a difference. it might have all of the accoutrements of a redneck paradise, but the median age is 28, the culture is completely transitioning from the influx of younger folks and money, the infrastructure is new and alluring, and the town (sorry -city) is buzzing with energy. it also has a diversified economy based on forestry, oil and gas and farming.
c) i thought that it would be cold. it was hot. much hotter than vancouver and the sun set at 11 PM and rose at 4:30 AM.
most of these expectations might not have been countered if the local rec programmer hadn't taken me on a tour after the roundtable. we got into his truck and drove to a lookout on one side of the peace, crossed the peace and looked back and then hit the hot spots. it was lovely.
i also realized looking at the peace, that i've seen some pretty rivers this year. here's the list:
* skeena
* bulkley
* nechako
* thompson
* fraser
* kootenay
* peace
and i'm off to the columbia river tomorrow.
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