Christmas in the 108

I went up to visit my Aunt Shell and Uncle John in 108 Mile Ranch for Christmas and it was a holiday filled with animals. Three horses, two dogs, two cats and a kitten. Oh ya, and a 26-pound turkey, which was outstanding. (And the leftovers continue to be outstanding.)

I was a little worried about the drive up given that I had to drive Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon, but it wasn't too bad really. Bare roads the whole way. I did have a little adventure above Spences Bridge where the Bighorn Sheep traffic is near constant. I stopped to take a few photos of these amazing looking animals as they grazed on one shoulder, crossed the highway and climbed up a near vertical slope, and continued grazing on higher slopes.

Here are some of them on the river side of the road. There were at least 20 in total.



Here they are boldly crossing the highway in front of traffic.



And here the biggest male leads the way up the slope. Pretty cool eh?



Christmas in the 108 was good. Here are a few photos of John and Shelly and the horses as well as the tree, the kitten, and even the pudding.

Here the horses enjoy breakfast in the sun.



Here Shelly feeds the horses on Christmas Day.



And the requisite cute kitten shots:





Of course the most important moment at Christmas is lighting the plum pudding. Eating plum pudding on the other hand . . .



Happy New Year everyone. Don't make any resolutions you can't keep.