The Montifiore Manse

Trip up Mt. Barrow (sorry, no baby yet)

Coming back home from just about any location gives a view of lovely Mt. Barrow. I seem to have developed a bit of a special place in my heart for Mt. Barrow.

It seems that this 1413 meter mountain (perhaps not a mountain by British Columbian or Colorado standards) has made me feel even more at home in Tassie. I'm not quite sure why. Mt. Barrow seems to have the same effect on me as the lake shore and woods of Michigan. I simply consider it a blessing from the Lord.

The pics below are from a little trip Martha and I took up to the top of Mt. Barrow one afternoon last week. It only takes us about an hour to get to the top of Mt. Barrow from the manse. 

Here is a picture of Mt. Barrow from the road on the way.

While we stopped to snap a few pics, we had a friend land on our windshield. Martha snatched the opportunity for this neat picture.

Another view of Mt. Barrow from the road.

This picture is of Mt. Arthur and was taken from the same spot as the one above, but in the opposite direction. Mt. Arthur and Mt. Barrow are two of three mountains located near one another. The third mountain is Ben Lomand. The way you remember which is which, if you cannot tell by looking at them, is the little saying, "Arthur wheeled his Barrow up Ben Lomand." The three mountains are in that order from left to right. We usually see at least two of them on a drive home, and sometimes all three.

Here we are on a bit of a windy road to the top.

A little closer to the top.

Closer....

At the top, there were various forms of vegetation and little trickles of water flowing all over the place. In the winter, this area is often frozen over and occasionally covered with snow.

Besides a radio tower and a couple other modern buildings, we found this little stone building.
Inside, there is a decent-sized fireplace, but no doors or windows. Some folk have told us that it used to be (and possibly still is) used by people who get snowed in on the top of the mountain.

The two windows in the stone building have an amazing view. Sadly, we could not see too well the day we went up. There was a lot of smoke from some burn-off the forestry was doing.

The view was even more amazing with my amazing bride in it!

I still make a better door than a window.

A little look down the road as we return to the bottom of Barrow and then home.

Baby still seems content to wait awhile. Martha is not in a rush either. She doesn't mind being able to get a decent amount of sleep, but getting comfortable is a greater challenge and she is getting up about four times a night.

Please continue to keep us in your prayers and stay tuned to the blog for any new baby information.