Lily poses with amphibolite boudin (showing extensional veins) on the road in Kootenay Bay, British Columbia.
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Nice boudin (nice wife–congratulations!). Er…I think you must mean Kootenay Bay, British Columbia. You’d be hard pressed to find any amphibolites in Alberta, except perhaps on the Canadian Shield in the northeast corner, and there aren’t any roads up there.
Looks like you took the scenic route through SE BC–very nice. There used to be a galena mine near Kootenay Bay; I’ve got a nice hunk of galena from there. I guess if you went up to Kootenay Bay (and took the ferry across to Nelson?), you probably didn’t drive the Creston-Salmo pass route (or did you circle back that way?). There are some amazing road cut exposures of Proterozoic Toby Fm. tillites along that highway, east of the pass.
Ack! You’re right; I meant British Columbia. Oops. Yes, the photo way taken within 0.5 miles of getting off the ferry. So sad to have missed the tillites! Can you send me a Goofle Map link to an exact outcrop location? I’d like to check them out next summer…
BC Hwy. 3 cuts through the Toby Fm. outcrop area west of Creston, between 49.104550, -116.882214 (east end) and 49.096462, -116.958896 (west end). There are a number of road cuts, typical good ones are at 49.103937, -116.927371 and 49.103937, -116.930078. On Street View, you can see some of the light coloured, boulder-sized clasts set in the dark green & brown weathering argillite matrix.
Uh…being from Louisiana I thought I’d weigh in on this boudin thing…Cajun style boudin, that is. 🙂
Boudin is a treat found only in Southern Louisiana, traditionally made with pork, rice and various vegetables, like green onions. However, you won’t find one central recipe, because each butcher makes boudin a different way. Everybody has their own family recipe–some are spicier, some use different meats and flavorings–but the results are always delicious.
Louisiana may be relatively flat in most places, but we got MOUNTAINS of boudin, y’all.
Oh, and while you’re at the summit of Boudin Mountain, be sure to take a side trip along The Cracklin Trail to witness your final sunset over Port Barre, Louisiana from Heart Attack High Cholesterol Heaven Rock.
Yes, indeed, folks, eating nothing but Louisiana boudin and cracklin 5 times a day will help prep your body for that final push to the summit of Mount Everest.
Who Dat!
My son and I have enjoyed following your posts from out West. Thanks for sharing.
Nice boudin (nice wife–congratulations!). Er…I think you must mean Kootenay Bay, British Columbia. You’d be hard pressed to find any amphibolites in Alberta, except perhaps on the Canadian Shield in the northeast corner, and there aren’t any roads up there.
Looks like you took the scenic route through SE BC–very nice. There used to be a galena mine near Kootenay Bay; I’ve got a nice hunk of galena from there. I guess if you went up to Kootenay Bay (and took the ferry across to Nelson?), you probably didn’t drive the Creston-Salmo pass route (or did you circle back that way?). There are some amazing road cut exposures of Proterozoic Toby Fm. tillites along that highway, east of the pass.
Ack! You’re right; I meant British Columbia. Oops. Yes, the photo way taken within 0.5 miles of getting off the ferry. So sad to have missed the tillites! Can you send me a Goofle Map link to an exact outcrop location? I’d like to check them out next summer…
Callan–
BC Hwy. 3 cuts through the Toby Fm. outcrop area west of Creston, between 49.104550, -116.882214 (east end) and 49.096462, -116.958896 (west end). There are a number of road cuts, typical good ones are at 49.103937, -116.927371 and 49.103937, -116.930078. On Street View, you can see some of the light coloured, boulder-sized clasts set in the dark green & brown weathering argillite matrix.
There’s a recent geological map (Glombick, Brown & MacLeod, 2010, 2011), available at http://apps1.gdr.nrcan.gc.ca/mirage/db_search_e.php (enter 6152 in the “Number” search field).
Awesome – thanks Howard. Next time we’re up there, let’s coordinate a field trip together. You’re in Calgary, right?
Congratulations, too, Callan!
Uh…being from Louisiana I thought I’d weigh in on this boudin thing…Cajun style boudin, that is. 🙂
Boudin is a treat found only in Southern Louisiana, traditionally made with pork, rice and various vegetables, like green onions. However, you won’t find one central recipe, because each butcher makes boudin a different way. Everybody has their own family recipe–some are spicier, some use different meats and flavorings–but the results are always delicious.
Louisiana may be relatively flat in most places, but we got MOUNTAINS of boudin, y’all.
Hike the Pelican State Boudin Trail @ http://www.boudinlink.com/
Oh, and while you’re at the summit of Boudin Mountain, be sure to take a side trip along The Cracklin Trail to witness your final sunset over Port Barre, Louisiana from Heart Attack High Cholesterol Heaven Rock.
http://www.cracklintrail.com/
Yes, indeed, folks, eating nothing but Louisiana boudin and cracklin 5 times a day will help prep your body for that final push to the summit of Mount Everest.
Who Dat!
My son and I have enjoyed following your posts from out West. Thanks for sharing.
Aie! That’s a grand boudin!