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The drive from Stoney Creek to Cherryville had been a challenge due to the first heavy snowstorm of the year, but it was imperative to Madie she be there. She’d been invited to join a Celebration of Life for Tara Crawford that early-December Saturday. They’d made good time on the highway to Vernon, having pulled in behind a snowplough, following its tracks along the freshly ploughed roadway.
Heading west on the secondary road through Lavington to Lumby, they stopped for some take-out coffee. This was a slower trek as the snowplough hadn’t cleared the road as yet and Cody’s driving skills were put to good use. Lumby was a small community sitting at the edge of the Monashee Mountains, mainly a logging and agriculture village with its many trails along the creek beds, known as the Salmon
