48 — Sunday, December 30, 1990 - North Shore News

TRAVEL

Arctic weather makes
travel south appealing

TWO OF my daughters lost
the power in their homes in
the past week.

One had two freezing nights but
got it back in the early hours of
the morning. The other fost her
hydro, telephone and cable when
a tree jumped over the power
lines.

If that wasn’t) bad enough,
when the power came on her
water pipes burst, leaving her
knee-deep in water — with none
to drink or flush. Sweep it out,
but don’t make coffee out of it.

When it gets cold here we think
about heading south,

Don’t make it sound any better
than itis. Did you know it storms
in Hawaii, Guam (Typhoon Ross
just hit), Mexico and Costa Rica?
That's not ‘‘fun in the sun.”*

At least, here, someone would
know you had a problem. Imagine
being in the midst of a tropical
storm, knee-deep in, mud and out
of touch with your family.

Here, my youngest daughter
moved in with my oldest daughter
(our kids like each other!) and
even brought her cat. Oldest
daughter’s dog cooperated by not
eating the cat, but that was just
luck.

You may not be a fan of Jean
Auel but the mammoths existed.

One of my favorite trips was to
the ‘Mammoth Site’ in South
Dakota — Hot Springs is the
closest town.

This place is like an arena, full
of gradually progressing digs of
bones.

Not too many of us get to
South Dakota. it’s inconvenient.

If I were heading for Saskat-
chewan, in a camper, I'd probably
detour through both North and
South Dakota and Nebraska (spr-
ing or fall, but forget July!)

If your summer vacation starts
about May, visit the Mammoth

Barbara
McCreadie

TRAVELWISE

Site. If you're interested in bone
digs, you can get on the mailing
list for updates: Mammoth Site,
Hot Springs, South Dakota.

Ive heard good things about
this: American Youth Hostels
(you don’t have to be adolescent
to qualify), but especially check
out the one in Santa Monica, CA.

For years the term ‘youth’
always preceeded the term
‘hostel’. That isn’t the case any

more. This place is built around
an old tavern and has 200 beds,
all low cost.

Contact: Santa Monica AYH
Hostel, (213) 393-9913. Write:
1436 Second St., Santa Monica,
CA 90401.

I don’t know much about this
next bit except the members seem
to have fun. It’s a local group —
the Pacific Ski Club.

Their last journey was to Mayne
Island, a murder-mystery
weekend. The prices were
unusually good -—- about $45

Ast el ath Nolewazen?

Cail our Tourist Delivery
Divisi

Available for pick-up in:
Germany, Austzia,
Belgium, Norway,

Denmark an

Sweden.

covered vou for Iwo nights, tood
(damn yood!) included.

The Pacific Ski Club welcomes
new members. They do daft things
— all 500 of them. Activities in-
clude a ski cabin at) Whistler,
some silly stuff thar they do on
sailboats heading for the San Juan
fslands in the summer aod a full
itinerary, all year.

Dues are $40 a vear.

For example, one of — their
summer activities was a spor of
bungee jumping in Nanaimo. It
wasn’t compulsory but it was part
of the program for ansone up to
it.

They are non-profit.
must be over 19.

If vou're interested in joining,
call Karen at 988-7204 (evenings
only) or Geoff at 929-8812 (leave
a message on the tape during the
day. best to call evenings).

Some of the upcoming activities
include ski trips, another murder
mystery weekend and every
weekend seems to find the
members partying somewhere.

Members

Back to Murder Mystery
weekends, you can put one
together yourself with a large

group of friends. The secret is to
buy one of the packaged kits from
the game department of your
favorite store, but instead of one
person playing each role, a group
does.

Everyone is advised of the
part-of-a-part they will be playing
and dresses accordingly.

The Pacific Ski Club rented the
Spring Water Lodge on Mayne
Island and the report is that the
facilities are extremely comforta-

je.

The $45 per person charge in-
cluded two nights accommoda-
tion, two enormous breakfasts
and two excellent dinners.

For the Mayne Island Spring
Water Lodge, call Jaime at 1-
539-5521,

Passat GL $18,375
Standard equipment: 5 speed/automatic, power

steering, locks, windows and mirrors, radio
cassette, front wheel drive, ait conditioning

Vanagon Camper $21,800
Standard eon | 4 speed/automatic, power steering and
mirrors, upper & lower double beds, 2 burner propane stove,
AM/FM cassette, sink with faucet, 45 L fridge. 50 L water
tank with electric pump plus more.

.. TRAVEL TALKS

For your Westfalia camper you need 12 to 14
weeks advance order prior to your delivery at
the factory in Wiedenbrueck, Germany.

ithe exchange Corner
C$

to US $ 1.4732
C$ to UK $ 2.3136
. cs fo Deutschmark 0.7954

Supplied by the Bank of BC. a vry ‘Spe aires a

Jim McKenzie

if you are interested in our Tourist Delivery Program please contact
im n MeKenzie or Garry Speranza for more information 985.0694.

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