Mike through FOR EXPO 86 visitors travelling on B.C. highways this summer, getting there will be half the fun. Between the Alberta border and Hope, where mountains give way to the Fraser Valley, there are 40 provincial parks within a stone's throw of the highway, many of them comiprising huge tracts of wilderness. Those 40-some parks have something for everyone. There's Fort Stecle Provincial Heritage Park just east of Cran- brook. A carefully crafted copy of a turn-of-the-century East Kootenay town that rode the roller coaster of the goldrush, Fort Steele Park is a living museum, each building rebuilt to carry visitors From Page 16 . great-grandfather of all sunburns. He was in agony. His new wife did her best to soothe his charred bod with various lotions while her lover cried. For his mother. Wonder how she broke him of that habit. On that happy note - parents, make sure your kids get extended medical coverage. aos Another note, guaranteed to scare any parent witless, the surf in Hawaii is deceptive. Caution your kids to check with the locals before heading for the drink. If there are red flags flying, stay out! Some beaches are best left alone. Shaky swimmers must be especially careful. A friend of mine — ex- cop, powerful swimmer, big guy, got caught in a freak wave fractur- ing both his cheek-bone and col- lar-bone. It knocked him = un- conscious and if someone hadn’t been right there, he'd be history. The best advice I’ve heard if you get dragged out to sea, swim in an arc, going with the tide, ainsing for a point about 100 yards from where you got sucked out. The tides work in patterns and if you fight, you die. soe And, don’t sleep on the beaches, eh Leonard? 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