After tea we took a stroll around the upper town, had a drink in the pub then went to a one man show at the local theatre. The theatre is operated by an ex pat kiwi. When I first saw him pop his head out the door he reminded me of Riff Raff out of the Rocky Horror Picture Show only without the hunchback. The play was a very black comedy, we think. Not at all what we were expecting, nor the other attendees judging from their body language.
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| There are some interesting and colourful buildings in Wells |
Our day in Barkerville was great. Barkerville is now the largest living history museum in western North America. It started life as a gold mining town. It is very authentic with 107 original buildings and just over 60 replica buildings. The shop owners are all in period costume and character. And characters they are.
Maree and I had a stage coach ride around the town which was fun then we just puttered around checking the town out.
We walked the mile up the road to attend the court house session. Built in 1862 it is BC's oldest surviving court house. Marty was picked as a member of the jury. Luckily the jury quickly came to a guilty verdict so we weren't detained at the court for hours.
We got back into the town just in time to see the pelton wheel working. Quite impressive.
We ventured out again tonight to another one man or should that be woman show at the curling club. The show was loosley based on Agnus McVee a suppossed canadian serial killer. Audience participation was expected and due to the small audience (8),we had to play the game. It was a lot of fun.
We've had a great couple of days here but tomorrow we must push on.
Still no moose!!
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