Hullo! We are on a an adventure today!!
We stopped for lunch first... cause we got stuck in traffic due to an accident on the highway and we were famished by the time we made it through...
We had a burger... which got eaten so fast there aren't any photos...
And had some fries...
And yes, A&W is a Canadian Classic... We are buying Canadian...
It's nice to just sit and soak up some sun!
But an adventure is calling!
We are going to the Parksville Museum!
Cause we've never been here but driven by loads of times...
So let's go in!
We learned this is what Parksville looked like over 100 years ago... I imagine there was a lot of mud around... not ideal for stuffies!
This building housed a display on railways on the Island.
And this!!! Can you imagine... the wood that went into that! But the timbers only lasted 20 years and then they needed to rebuild it!
It was kind of neat in here... and there were activities for kids too!
They had an old tractor...
OK... someone steer... someone else manage the gas, and someone lese manage the break! I don't think we'd manage this well...
They have a blacksmith forge which sometimes has a real blacksmith doing demonstrations!!
Um... seriously... where is the Stuffie category??? Black Bear or Grizzly Bear or Stuffie Bear!
Cause stuffie bears are not to be feared... usually... unless snacks are withheld.
Hmmm... five useful plants to identify...
Ummm... Sandy... you're the plants guy!!!
Oh, these are easy peasy... horsetail, Mahonia (aka Oregon Grape), Skunk Cabbage, Salal, Stinging Nettle...
Easy!!
They had displays featuring local animals...
Interesting that they omitted mice... sigh... we still get a bum rap for some people!
Oooh... different cones... Cedar, hemlock, fir and Douglas fir.
Am I right?
Yep... not bad for a stuffed bear... all that hiking comes in handy.
Hmmm... here we have 5 mushrooms... chanterelle at 10:00 and King Bolete at 6:00... the one at 4 pm is to be avoided. The other two are unknown... avoid...
If you don't know for sure, for sure!!! Avoid...
Oooh... a Pollinator Hotel!!!
Looks like a lot of rooms are taken!
They had a cute little heritage church.
And an inside display too...
There was a super old stove...
Sandy wants to know if Jerry & Ben's papa used one of this as a kid...
Which had a cute teapot...
And weird things like... Imitation Brandy... presumably Brandy aroma... strange...
Oooh... we have an enameled bucket like this!!! Mama says it's from Gramma's era...
This is a much posher house...
With separate bedrooms and everything!
People must have been smaller back then... that looks pretty tight for 2 people! Although a hoard of stuffies could sleep there!
In some places, the modern meats the olden day!
Modern beats a hand pump every time!
We went into the school house too...
And read the rules for teachers... These are a hoot... published 1872 on nearby Denman Island...
3. Men teachers may have one evening each week for courting purposes or two evenings if they go to church regularly.
6. Women teachers who marry or engage in unseemly conduct will be dismissed.
7. Any teacher who smokes, uses liquor in any form, frequents pool or public halls, or gets shaved in a barbershop, will give good reason to suspect his worth, intention, integrity and honesty. Men teachers may have one evening each week for courting purposes or two evenings if they go to church regularly.
These microsopes are almost mouse-sized!!
And an old atlas... oh... let's just zoom in a bit...
Oh look... They have the names of the Great Lakes...
Yup... still Lake Ontario.
Oooh... a dinner bell!!!!
And an old fire truck!
Any male teacher that gets a shave in a barbershop will have his honesty/integrity questioned????? That's ......... weird!!
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