Lorrie
Rural Rider
Highway Art:
Here’s the New Garbage Gobblers @ The Coldstream Lookout – Note: The original version (pic below) housed in Revelstoke!
#garbagegobbler
Category: Mural Towns
Lorrie the Highway Mentor
G’Day, My Sister Travelers:
As I sit here now in the wrath of a midland storm awaiting the power to kick in; I contemplate the journey that lies ahead.
Shifting our direction along this course as the wind changes direction, does not mean we’ve lost the will to move forward…
Seemingly, we fall victim of our success, as progress forces us to embrace challenges and shift gears.
Notwithstanding change, I truly believe that going back to our roots is the force that grounds us to rise above, to reach even higher sources of power.
The thought of the ‘Old Gold Rush Road’ connecting ‘The Mother Road’ hits directly home 🏡 for me. And the fear of missing an opportunity to ‘thread the needle’ on this ribbon of road may [at times] seem out of reach.
However, As I recapture my thoughts, I see myself (not lost, but found) along a discovery detour in the spotlight of spectacular scenery that becomes anew with every mile forging through this new road.
May our journey continue and carry us to new heights, keeping our legacy relevant & vibrant by building unbreakable bonds in this galvanized chain of heritage highways.
As true ”Wayfinders”, Our goal is to rise and lift others whom we meet along this pathway!
Love Lorrie
Staying on Course
The faces of the people
No matter what road life takes you, it truly is the people along the way that are the paint strokes in the canvas of your life. As an artist that traveled the world I have met many many faces. This picture is of a wonderful young man that worked so hard for the Merritt crew. His story was his to tell and he honoured us with parts of it. He shared his dreams and we shared wisdoms to support those dreams. But this young man taught me resilience and silent strength. He was turned away from the care that is his right to receive when he hurt himself during a young rowdy weekend. He bandaged his hand and he came to work on the murals. Not a word was said by him.
When we realized he did not get a response to his visit to the clinic, a colourful paint spattered group went marching into that clinic demanding not to quietly his right to care. You see this young man wanted to be a carpenter and his hand is is tool, his talent and his livelihood. Yes we were muralists, but more we were family.
Blue Line
The Blue Line that connects us all is the roots and routes that bind us together. The indigenous people that are the soul of the land, and the immigrants who flocked here to make a better life for their children. Together these lines circle the globe. Not on race, but all. The indigenous blue is looking at the globe as one nation. The thin blue line that hovers just above the highway, just out of reach. The hope for a connected tribe that sees the earth as our economy, and the people as the tools in a rift of harmony. Is this a vision far reaching? Yes! But through connections to each other through our creative stories and resilience, we can rise above and have a true global reconciliation.
Route Blue on the GOLD
The Road speaks in many languages, it has heart ❤️ soul & a succinct voice. Complimented with depth perception in a kaleidoscope of colors that unify people & place in a directional spiral. Like the wheel, Route Blue is a human moral compass that drives us on an endless path in the circle of life!
This is why we’re so connected to The Mother Road, to carry us home on destiny’s journey.
Let’s rediscover this bloodline before we find that it is lost🌈…
There are rural champions all around us…Lorrie our Queen of the highway is the best ambassador of the blue line… collecting the people…the stories and the spirit of the blue..
the road awaits
Bob & I met Marcie of Explore Gold and Steve Rice at the Packinghouse in Spences Bridge in late summer. Here’s to a smooth ride ahead!
Route blue shout out by former CEO of #Vancouver #Tourism
Rick Antonson: Former President and CEO of Tourism Vancouver, world traveler and author of five books (including Route 66 Still Kicks – Driving America’s Main Street), kindly contributes this statement to honor Route Blue ~ Blue Renew… “The time-honoured phrase “One for the road” gets nicely paraphrased when Route 66 enters the discussion as it becomes “All for the road” since everyone has a common sense that the road mattered, matters and will always matter — as it continues to lead us to interesting mindsets and places, and to inspire fascinating art such as route-blue-buoy”. Rick
