Five things I love about the Cariboo

We have been living in a log cabin in a place called the Cariboo for the last two weeks. It is a 6 hour drive north from Vancouver.

Our log cabin in the Cariboo

1. Walking to a frozen waterfall

   We drove 1 hour from our cabin to visit a waterfall. It was a snowy walk but it was very nice. Suddenly we saw water in the distance. It was a half frozen waterfall with icicles surrounding it! Half an hour later we walked back to our car and drove home.

   
   

   

   My brother Finn and me looking at the frozen waterfall

   
   

2. Learning to ice skate Most towns in Canada have ice skating rinks. One day we went looking for an ice skating rink near us. Soon we found one. It was pretty big! I got second hand Bauer skates. I've ben practising and now I don't even need the plastic block.

3. Backyard snow jumps and ice hockey When we first got here we saw a little hill in our backyard, so we made a ski jump. I learnt to do jumps, power stops and backwards skiing. This was good practice to ski on an actual ski hill. My brother and I also play hockey when the driveway is icy.

   
   

   

   Playing ice hockey on our frozen driveway

4. Cool driving roads The roads here have snow on each side and mountains all around. Sometimes we have to put the ford in to 4W4 to get down a road. My dad lets me drive our truck up the driveway. It is really fun.

   
   

   

   Sometimes my dad lets me drive our truck up our driveway.

5. Wintery food on cold days

   We drink lots of hot chocolate and eat lots of porridge to stay warm. Sometimes my mum makes us waffles for a treat.
   

   

   Waffles on a cold day. Yum!

This week we are moving to a new place. I will really miss our log cabin here.