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Cake day: October 4th, 2023

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  • Dude, it’s so big you won’t even see each other. The only way I found out is because I worked in Barkerville. Even then, Germans were the minority of visitors, just the most common international tourists. Barkerville is a gold rush ghost town, and I believe a German novelist wrote a series about it.

    I mention Germans loving it because culturally it seems you appreciate nature, and you will see some spectacular nature here.

    Just be conscious that if you go off trail you could walk for WEEKS without finding another road. Tourists sometimes get lost forever because they just don’t trust how vast and empty the wilderness is here.

    When you’re in Tofino, hire a water taxi to take you to Meares Island. You will see some of the most massive and gnarly redcedars. It’s incredible.

    EDIT: it is a specific route, definitely. After years of traveling BC and living here, I’ve given you a route manageable in 3 weeks that is journey oriented more than destination oriented. On that route you will go through an amazing diversity of landscapes and see some of the best of the ocean, the coast mountains, cowboy country, and the Rockies. When a lot of locals don’t really know about the Lillooet/Pemberton route because they’re trying to bee line in for Vancouver. It’s fucking stunning + no commercial traffic.



  • German? Oh yeah, spend almost all your time in BC. Germans love it here. Seriously, I think it’s mostly the forests and the mountains. I’d fly into Vancouver, drive the #3 highway to Creston, Creston to Banff, Banff to Jasper, Jasper to Quesnel, detour to Barkerville, backtrack to Quesnel, then Quesnel, Lillooet, Pemberton, Whistler, Squamish, Horseshoe Bay. Ferry to Nanaimo then Tofino (or Port Hardy if you want wilder). Then back to Vancouver via Nanaimo or Victoria.

    I grew up here, and there are numerous natural places to explore along that route that take my breath away.











  • I think you’re right. I didn’t think the “helper words” in the conditional should get conjugated, but I grabbed a Book of Common Prayer off the shelf and there’s a bunch of “thou shalt” + infinitive, so evidently the conditional does get conjugated (in addition to “thou didst” and “thou hast”.) Pretty sure I noticed some 2nd person weak verbs that looked like they had the same conjugation as the 3rd person (eg “Remember thou keep holy …”) I did note “he cometh”, so maybe that -eth ending is actually an older conjugation for the 3rd person that later morphed into an -s ending? Just noticed “he saith (says)”, and the confirmed -eth ending on a bunch of 3rd person congregations. Interestingly, I found a LOT of “thou shalt”, some “thou wilt”, but no “thou couldst” or “thou wouldst”. Probably because the BCP is all like, “you WILL, this is not an option, sinner.”

    I don’t know though! I’m a typical English first language speaker and I’m just going with what feels right and using my understanding of grammar from my French education.



  • No way. That dress is cute AF! I’d totally notice a woman wearing that, and be impressed with her style.

    That being said, IMO clothes are one of those things we do NOT pay what they’re worth, or respect for construction and materials. It would take a special person to see the value and be willing to pay for it.

    Would working with a boutique fashion store in a stylish city be a possibility?