There’s a Jot of fuss about the Stein Valley -

whether it should be logged, etc. And that re-
minds me, I have never told you about my adven-

tures in that sainted area.

It was all Dave's fault, re-
"ally. He's one of those out-
_. doors types. Likes to disap-

pear into the wilderness and
battle with the elements. |
shoulda known better than

to follow Dave.

"Dave said it would be a
good idea to visit the Stein

before the horrible robber .
barons destroyed the Place. ;

_ The year, 1978,
The plan was. to. 'go-up to
Lytton, hop across.

“iyalley. But on the day the

“safari started, Dave revealed’

‘that the ferry at Lytton was
down. We would have to use

‘the cable car at Boston Bar:

"and take the logging road on
“the other side of the river.
a*$The - road’s “not:
“great,” said Dave in what
‘‘gurned out to. be

— "bute it’s nothing: to, worry

“Tonger.””

LIFTED ACROS

fie” by,.one, the cars of
aa ‘our: convoy..- were
.. dacross ‘the river..on a con-

what unhealthy: I. ‘nearly

“ing. a fit

Gray.“ Eyes-

accepted her kind offer.

Out to be bliss:* -.

’ close my eyes and. pray

“that Gray. Eyes could: steer’

VESSEL

“Sum. Princess...
ae “Cunard Princess:
| Hoordam,
“Jstand Princess
1 Princess.

.might not. make

‘the:
‘Fraser, and thence ‘into the.

‘that

; the |
-. understatement of ‘all ‘time, |

about. It'll just take'us:a bit

‘lifted |

turned back right. then; -hav-.
of the shakes -

passenger .
‘petrify, me, and there, only
ir: ” two feet away, was a drop of

es about. 2,000 feet down to the
Fraser River: If we had gone
over ‘the edge, we. wouldn't
“.-s Rave bounced’ more. “than
: twice before getting wet: --

' Byes: said,
maybe. ‘she should. drive. 1.
The-first five “miles were’.

not: good. But ‘compared tos.
what. was.to come they turn: .

The first bridge caused me |.

_ Cruise ships in port |
ARRIVAL
Hiouw Amsterdam 6700 Sat 21 Sep
0800 Sat 21 Sep
0800 Sun 21 Sep
ae 0700 Tue 24 Sep
"800 Wed 25 Sep’ -
1100 Th 26'Sep-

“contidence through dance, a
“singing & movement.” -

‘BALLET-CHARACTER’. ;

PT. MOODY: COQUITL.
. (NORTH VAN.

across rail ties. You could
look between them into the
raging torrent below.

Soon after that we turned
up what seemed to be a 45-
degree hill. The ‘road?’ was
made of deep red dust.

get this
_ Straight

Doug Collins

Behind us yawned a
precipice. | prayed to Allah
that the engine wouldn’t fail.
When it looked as if we
it, and
would slide back through the
dust and over the yawning

_ chasm, I yelled ‘Gun. it, fer
- Chrissake!’. a
‘and I cam alive to ‘tell: the i
‘tale. ‘

She gunned it,

Worse lay-in store. Much

worse. Heck, it gives me the

collywobbles ‘just te’. think
‘about the worst part of that

“oad.”

BEAT TATTOO

“ It was about a mile. long,
steep as: hell, and built,

“. perhaps, by convict labor in
. the 1800s: In any event, its
- surface was ail loose. rocks

separated ;by bloody great

holes, and the rocks beat a ~

steady tattoo on the car’s oil
sump.

- By this ‘time I was driving,
being too. scared to sit in the
seat. Heights

You’ve heard of © white

knuckles?’ I was one. _ big
:. white knuckle. :
There ‘being no passing ;

“room, we'd have been there
-yet.if some other vehicle had

appeared from the other
direction. ‘There was no way
I would have backed down

DEPARTURE ,
1860 Sat 21. Sep
1700 Sat 21 Sep
1700 Sun 21: Sep:
1800 Tue 24 Sep
4700 Wed 25 Sep
‘B09 Fri cy Se -t

GEORGE WALKER'S |
“TINY. TU-TU’S FOR TWO”:
(FOR, ‘TWO YEAR OLDS & PARENTS) 5

“Kinderdance”’ ,

(For Boy's & Girls 3-4 yrs)

(for 5 yr olds only)

“985- 4071. | .

The next obstacle was a
sweet little creek over which
we had to build our own
bridge. Dave said he hoped
we wouldn’t have to come
back this way. I said I would ,
rather pay for a helicopter.

It took us only four hours
to traverse 30 miles or so.

There’s no space to tell
you all about our adventures
in the Stein itself, which in-

along that edge, and the
other guy wouldn't have
been able to reverse up-
wards,

Doing all of five miles an
hour, we met Dave at the
top. He had been wondering
how we were doing, he said.
I said nothing. It’s not easy
to talk when the old teeth
are clapping away like
castanets. :

cluded trails along which
poor Doug had to craw}, and
a river running into our tent
at night.

No doubt the Stein should
be saved. But not for me.

P.S,. Memo to Elizabeth
, Butler of North Van regar-
‘ding her ‘Collins Inac-
curate’’ letter to the editor:
-do you really think I don’t.

know how to spell “‘Hey-
day’’? Blame the print
gremlins.

The little devils were at
work again last Friday, too.
Referring to Charles Ng,
whose extradition is . being
sought by the Americans, !
wrote: ‘‘He’s the guy who's
still here.” It came out as
“‘He’s not the guy who’s still

ere.” vote

HD Hyundai |
Pony & § tellar
Owners |

(and prospective owners!)

The Globe and M8 Mail
REPORT ON BUSINESS

x suns SEPTEMBER 12, 1985

24th YEAR, No. 5.702

By NICHOLAS HUNTER

The continued domination of
the car import market by
Hyundai Auto Canada Inc. has

* tival companies demanding
that all importers be terced to
vperate under the same rufes.

With sates of 8,579 of its
Pony and Stellar models in
August, Myundai, based in
Markham, Ont., has racked up

rules f
Hyadal, a * South Korean
‘company, is’ nol subject in.
- import quotas and can import
cars duty-free until Jan. 2,
1987, Japanese imports: are
limited to 18 per cent of the
Canadian car market

Mr. Luciw said Canadian
car manufaciurers ure in goud
financial shape and no.fonger
need protection from Jupanese

way ‘to “Hyundai's. yei “end

- “Make it fair for everybot
sales target of between 55,000 _ y ‘

and let the cansumer decide.”
In its first year on the Cana- ~ “year.
dian market last year, the Toyota canada Inc: om eg
“South Korean car manufactur. onto had August sales of 5, i -
er had August sales of 2,729 and eight-month sales of 37, 5
and eight-month sales of 12,- A com red with yan in
3B. The sales boumn this yext August, 1964, and 33,107 in the: =
ts partly a resutt of an ex first eight months of last year.
sion in the dealer netwo: 0 -. Volkswagen Canada Inc. of
175, compared with just over <
100 a1 this time last year.
jonda sul

wreeery month is a surprise
to us," FH; i spokesman
Mariel Homewood said, Sules

have been’so good that the
year-end target was recently
Tatsed from about 50,000,

But Ralph Luci, vice presi.
dent of Honda Canada inc. uf
Toronto, the No. 2 importer,

sales of 48,556 in the first eight said the picture would be dif- imports. But tf quotas are to vehicles « 2,283" in- the corresponding Spe
munths of 1985 nearly rity ferent uf there were no quolas continue, “at least ali the tast month, compared with .month a a year earlier. Eight-- 7:
more than tis nearest import on Japanese cars and if atl importers should be operating 4,490 sn August, 194. Honda's = month were 3183, up |.

importers played by the same eight-month sales were 33,781, (rom 21,806 a year earlier, a

competitor and well on the

under the same rules.

“Note: The. amazing Pony and the.
luxurious Stellar are still available
‘at prices you've - only dreamt about

allow

TATLOW MOTOR COMPANY LTD.
1695 Marine Drive 986-4291

NORTH VANCOUVER

‘MARINE DR

Financing
O.A.C.

9.8%

gi Limited time offer

CAP RD
TATLOW