agoodwinsmith | Tappen at Easter. (Reply)

I went to Tappen for Easter. This involves a bus ride over the Coquihalla in spring. Argh. Going was only slightly scary; coming back was much more scary. Greasy sleet and fog and insane amounts of traffic all hanging from various precipices on curves.

However, Tappen and Salmon Arm are always lovely, even when it is early spring, and the ground is just brown flattened dead vegetation, crushed under the weight of the snow that is no longer there. I don't care for Kamloops, never have, but just 80 kms away, it is heaven.

I went to visit my parents, but the bonus was that my Dad's brother's daughter's daughter & her husband were visiting with their new baby. So cute. 3.5 months old, so mostly just big big eyes staring at everything. The only time she made a fuss was when she was left out during Easter dinner. Once she was brought back, and allowed to fall asleep at the table on her Dad's lap, she was happy again. She fell asleep reluctantly, though, frowning all the while in futile resistance.