I have worked here since 2011 telling stories of the Earth as preparation for a history of the Intermontane Grasslands of Central Cascadia and the rainswept coast that keeps them windy and dry. Now I am presenting this history, step by step, as I have learned it, often from the land itself. The history of this region includes the Canadian colonial space “The Okanagan Valley”, which lies over the land I live in above Canim Bay. The story stretches deep into the American West, into the US Civil War, the War of 1812, and the Louisiana Purchase, as well into the history of the Columbia District of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In all, the story spans the Chilcotin and Columbia volcanic plateaus and the basins that surround them. In this vast watershed lie homelands as old as 13,200 years (Sequim) and 16,200 years (Salmon River.) That’s how far we are walking together here, who are all the land speaking.
Okanagan Okanogan 
1. do horses read?
if yes –
2. do all horses speak english?
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Horses have very delicate digestive tracts. The fence is for keeping the (English speaking, clearly) tourists OUT! Apparently it’s been an issue. The sign writer seems to be frustrated, don’t you get that sense?
PS my last horse only spoke German when I got him. He learned English more quickly than I learned German (I’ve lost the capacity to make the sounds you need) so after a few months English became our language of communication. It was necessary for me to learn a few critical German words at first though (like whoa!)
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Precisely! I love the way lines appear to have been added to the sign … then more! English is the international language in Iceland, so it could be keeping everyone out, except the Icelanders who have their own horse. Did your horse speak German with an accent?
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