100 Mile to Prince George

I was happy with how well my spinach and feta pie/quiche turned out, even though the recipe told me it would take way less time to cook than it actually did. I know this is supposed to be more of a travel blog than a food blog but somehow the two just seem to go so well together:)

My last full day at the ranch - Thursday - was really nice. We had our usual huge breakfast of oatmeal with apples and cooked rhubarb, and then watered the greenhouse and did some weeding, as usual. Carolyn and I also gathered a bunch of small aspen trees to make a trellis over one of the garden boxes. I think they're eventually going to plant rose bushes to climb up over the aspen wreaths that we weaved together, which should look pretty nice. We also drove around the farm in one of the un-licensed farm vehicles to check out a field of fir trees and find an owl's nest.

One of highlights of the last day was somewhat learning to drive a tractor. They are standards, but it's much easier than a car because you use a clutch to start and then it just stays in one gear and you use the throttle to make it go faster. That night Christiana made us German pasta called spaetzle and we played rummy.

Friday I packed up my van and we went to the farmer's market. It's always hard to resist buying all the baked goods in sight, but I only got some fudge, and then headed off for my 4-5ish hour drive to Prince George. I made it safely up here to Caitlin's, where I am staying until Tuesday. Today we went to the farmer's market in town, which had delicious sweet bannock and then had coffee with some of Caitlin's friends.