In 1975 Kathleen Cook Waldron and her husband Mark set off with their one-year-old son to begin building their own log home off the grid in central British Columbia, and have lived in the Cariboo ever since. They still make frequent city trips where Kathleen enjoys visits to concerts, plays, museums, professional sporting events, and her otherwise all-urban family. Her rural pleasures include swimming in mountain lakes, canoeing, cycling, cross-country skiing, and hiking. They became dual Canadian/US citizens in 1991.