Mission, British Columbia
With Hope
Yes, I’d been here before – this route. Hwy 7 is as usual, beginning from Mission, busier than ever. From the east side is an impressive tower on top of a mountain with adjoining edifices – a Christian monastery. And yes, to my right as I go westward, stands a permanent Gurudwar.
Of course, you have the common iconic this-century structures that mean a practical ‘much’ to people – Rona (the home centre), Best Western (the hotel), and Superstore (where all exists to take care of grocery needs).
As mentioned, traffic is crazy and you appear to be the only person in the world that is walking (and chanting).
By evening a backtracking to Hope, by car, was a neat obligation to fulfill. Kevin, a young yoga teacher, who hails from Thompson, Manitoba, invited us for a presentation at his yoga studio. A couple of cyclists from Calgary heard about the program and came to hear about our devotional endeavours on the road. Nicole, from Sunshine Valley, heard of the event and also saw me walking past her house so she put two and two together and came. Other real nice, good-listener folks came to grace us with their down-home type of presence.
I had passed through Hope zillions of times, on foot or via car and acquired an impression of the place only because it’s a major junction leading to many roads. Tonight we stopped and got happily familiar with some of the citizens through chatting and chanting with them
May the Source be with you!
33 KM
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