Notes kept by Stanley to document his journey down the river.
I guess the house painting in Nelson absorbed all my interest or energy, for I never wrote in the journal again. Even though it was about October 5th that we returned to Montreal.
Interior of Ben Palmers home
During that time before we left for Montreal we made a trip to Campbell River to see Roderick Haig-Brown to show him the dummy for the book and to ask him if he wool write a forward for it. He replied in the affirmative. Stopped for two days in Vancouver and visited before returning to Nelson.
Rod Cameron and his wife Maryanne and daughter came with us in their car. Stayed in the Tourist Park that night. Then had breakfast with the folks the next morning. We then spent the next four or five days in the Lardeau working on my claims. We parted at Lardeau on a Tuesday I believe, they going north en route to Vancouver and we going south to Nelson. From there I went by myself to the East Kootenay to take more photographs. spent a week there - camped out instead of staying with one of my newly made friends as I felt like being alone. Very satisfying - very beautiful - if I was a writer I would write thousands of wonderful lines about it. But I'm not, so I took pictures.
Gordon Ostreich on horse on bench land above his place.
Ben Palmer offered me money because I had given him pictures but of course I refused it. The next day he and his wife me a scenic tapestry, complete with patriarchal elk and harem set against rocky mountains, commonly sold these days in gas stations and road side stores, made in Italy or some such place. Really wild - I couldn't refuse - they were so kind - they got them as come-ons from a rug salesman so has two to spare. One hangs in their bedroom of which I took a picture.
Should have stayed many days longer and gotten more pictures but time had not only run out but I was long overdue at the museum.
Back to Nelson spent two or three more days with parents then straight to Montreal. No problems, but great sadness on the part of all to leave British Columbia and the beloved grandparents