I attended high school in Sparwood BC. Home was halfway between Sparwood and Elkford. In shop class, some of us had a spotting scope set up by the windows to scan the hills for elk during break. I spotted a herd one day and asked my teacher permission to call my dad. Got permission for my dad to pick me up from school and go hunting. We never did make a connection as by the time we got there, they were gone. The parking lot in my school was populated with PU trucks with gun racks and guns in the back window. Also, many times we made it to school on our snowmobiles. I rode a 440 Silver Bullet. There were a few Scorpions, some El-Tigre, Panthers, Cheetahs, Ski-Roule, and many others no longer in existence. And, we had truly great rock music and awesome stereo equipment. I truly miss those days.
