As a little girl I climbed, skied, biked and explored all over Sun Peaks. I found secret hiding spots, met locals, heard stories of years past and grew to love where I was growing up.
Throughout the years of kids’ camps, powder days, hot chocolate breaks and lazy summers, SPIN was a constant. I would run into the Village Day Lodge to grab a copy for my parents and then read them the stories I found most interesting.
From funny letters to the editor to new runs being built, I read and loved it all.
So last fall I was excited when I joined the SPIN team as a freelance writer. As a journalism student at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops it was a great way gain experience and become even more involved in the Sun Peaks community. I was eager to write the stories I was curious about and to help the people who have shaped and continue to shape the community to have a voice.
Now that I am about to graduate, I am even more excited to join the team full time. I’m grateful for the opportunity to meet even more people and help them tell their own stories.
Sun Peaks is full of history and legends as well as new additions and plans and all combined it makes a special place that I feel lucky to call home.
I hope someone will read my stories aloud or share them with those they love. And I can’t wait to meet more of the great people who (temporarily or permanently) also call Sun Peaks their home.
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