This posting will put a bit of icing on the cake that was the BC 150 Canadian Voyageur adventure on the 2008 David Thompson Brigade. I first want to gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through BC 150, a Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts initiative. We were proud to have the BC flag and the BC 150 flag affixed to our canoe or our Rustic Motor Home on our 70 day trip. I do not think there were too many of the thousands of people we met that didn't know we were from BC and that BC had its own anniversary celebration underway. We certainly did our part in the colorfull arrival ceremonies at all the communities along the rolute across Canada and our small side trip to Grand portage in Minnesota.
As well, we are in debt to the many others contributing in so many ways to the success of our trip. Don Kassa/ReMax, George Galbraith, Brian Postil, Wayside Printing, Watkin Motors, Banister Chev Olds, Rogers Foods and the many team members all made significant contributions and made the trip the success it was.
We are now packing away the canoe and camping equipment, paying the bills and taking a break before planning the next adventure. We await the roll out of the DVD vidographer Jay is working on and due out October 25th at the David Thompson Society meeting in Red Deer. Word is that Rodney Brown may be in attendance, he being the folk singer we all met at the end of the trip and whose music is the background on the DVD.
The 2008 David Thompson Brigade
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