1974 Trip Journal by Hazel M. Falk

 Here is the text of a 1974 trip journal by Hazel M. Falk. The entries covered a family vacation to parts of Oregon, Idaho, Montana; and to the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. During the journey, the Watergate case ended the Nixon presidency -- I recall seeing a newspaper headline concerning this, around the time we were in Banff. -- JBF 

Vancouver Victoria 2004

I located this old journal from a Canadian trip, not long ago. First post I've done on Tumblr in quite a spell. After posting my 1986 Trip Journal (before the Canada piece), I realized I placed the pages reversed from what they should have been.  I may redo it sometime if I get to it.  Algernon Blackwood might almost have composed the language on the plaque.

Vancouver Victoria

HERE STOOD

HAMILTON

FIRST LAND COMMISSIONER

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

1885

IN THE SILENT SOLITUDE

OF THE PRIMEVAL FOREST

HE DROVE A WOODEN STAKE

IN THE EARTH AND COMMENCED

TO MEASURE AN EMPTY LAND

INTO THE STREETS OF 

VANCOUVER

Photos by me, Vancouver, BC, 2008