While coming down Highway 1 with 2 nice chinooks aboard from a 3 day fishing trip I heard there was a bus on fire just West of Hope. I did not think much of it at the time. I decided first to see what was happening at the Scale Bar.
I was on the other side of the river and saw 50 people working the area.
I saw one chap with a fish on, I grabbed the video camera and filmed the action and just as he was getting the chinook near the shore the fellow falls over backwards, on his backside.
The fish had gained its freedom and the fellow a sore bottom.
Maybe I will send it to Amercia's funniest video's.
I then headed to the scene of the bus fire and on arrival I see it was worth filming, as I freelance for Global TV. With the story in the can I phone the newsroom and they had heard about the fire and wanted it, I rush home, check the film that looked ok and had time to kiss my wife hello and goodbye and off to Global in Burnaby.
The traffic was bad as I keep looking at my watch, need 30 minutes to edit the tape for the 6 news, now grid lock on the Port Mann, what else is new. I have just come from a peaceful fishing trip and now I am in a completely different environment. From a fishing rod in hand to a freelancers camera, with the latter being pressure.
I make the news room at 5:20, we rush to the edit room, they are happy with the footage, I sign a form that I will not take it to another station and the freelance fee at the top pays for more than I spent on the trip.
They send it to CH news in Victoria as well as the team is a Jr. football team from Victoria. I guess it will run at 11 tonight also.
With the story filed I treat myself to supper in White Rock as I decide I might as well get some bugs for next week's fishing trip.
The end of a perfect week, 2 chinooks, a freelance TV story and 50 bugs for next weeks fishing. Retirement is good.
Rodney has pictures of bus and the people fishing the scale bar if he wishes to post them later..
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