I am truly blessed to have Lyle in my life. He is a rock of support and
encouragement. The picture above shows
Lyle waiting patiently on the benches outside the Vernon museum at the beginning
of our walk there. Without his patience
and of course his driving skill, I doubt that the White Cane Connections
project would be happening.
In many ways it was surprising that we were able to arrive
in Vernon at all! Highway #1 was blocked
west of Revelstoke for many hours due to a mud slide. Traffic was stopped on the other side of the
pass at Golden because there was no room for any additional cars and trucks to
park at Revelstoke. When the highway
finally opened, we drove through to Revelstoke and on to Sicamous. There we were again detoured because floods
had washed on Higway 97 to Vernon. We
had to proceed further west to take an alternate route south. It was a long
trip but we finally got to Vernon.
At the end of our
walk today, I did stop in at the Vernon Library. In spite of the library being
housed in a new building, none of the computer stations had audible programs
installed. Likely this was because of the licensing expense. I am writing to
the Okanagan Library System to express my disappointment with this.
On the plus side, many of the intersections in Vernon have audible signals at the traffic lights. The interesting part was that at the newer lights, the push buttons were painted with a bright yellow orange colour, making them stand out from the metal gray. Good job, Vernon.
On the plus side, many of the intersections in Vernon have audible signals at the traffic lights. The interesting part was that at the newer lights, the push buttons were painted with a bright yellow orange colour, making them stand out from the metal gray. Good job, Vernon.
Interesting that you can listen to your e-mails. Was thinking about you with all the flooding, was glad to hear both you and Lyle by phone. Even if you are miles away Lyle, still has his booth job LOL.
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