From Captain George Vancouver to Muriel "Curve of Time" Blanchet to Jim "Spilsbury's Coast" Spilsbury, visitors to Desolation Sound have left behind a trail of books endowing the area with a romantic aura that helps to make it British Columbia's most popular marine park. In this hilarious and captivating book, CBC personality Grant Lawrence adds a whole new chapter to the saga of this storied piece of BC coastline.

Young Grant's father bought a piece of land next to the park in the 1970s, just in time to encounter the gun-toting cougar lady, left-over hippies, outlaw bikers and an assortment of other characters. In those years Desolation Sound was a place where going to the neighbours' potluck meant being met with hugs from portly naked hippies and where Russell the Hermit's school of life (boating, fishing, and rock 'n' roll) was Grant's personal Enlightenment--an influence that would take him away from the coast to a life of music and journalism and eventually back again.

With rock band buddies and a few cases of beer in tow, an older, cooler Grant returns to regale us with tales of "going bush," the tempting dilemma of finding an unguarded grow-op, and his awkward struggle to convince a couple of visiting kayakers that he's a legit CBC radio host while sporting a wild beard and body wounds and gesticulating with a machete. With plenty of laugh-out-loud humour and inspired reverence,Adventures in Solitudedelights us with the unique history of a place and the growth of a young man amidst the magic of Desolation Sound.

从乔治-温哥华船长到穆里尔-"时间的曲线"-布兰切，再到吉姆-"斯皮尔斯伯里的海岸"-斯皮尔斯伯里，荒凉湾的游客留下了一串串书籍，赋予该地区以浪漫的光环，帮助它成为不列颠哥伦比亚省最受欢迎的海洋公园。在这本热闹而迷人的书中，CBC名人格兰特-劳伦斯为不列颠哥伦比亚省这块传奇的海岸线增添了一个全新的章节。

年轻的格兰特的父亲在20世纪70年代在公园旁边买了一块土地，正好遇到了持枪的美洲狮女士、被遗弃的嬉皮士、非法摩托车手和其他各种人物。在那些年里，荒凉湾是一个去邻居家聚餐的地方，在那里意味着会受到肥胖的裸体嬉皮士的拥抱，隐士罗素的生活流派（划船、钓鱼和摇滚乐）是格兰特的个人启蒙--这种影响将使他离开海岸，过上音乐和新闻的生活，最终又重新回来。

在摇滚乐队伙伴和几箱啤酒的陪伴下，年长的、冷静的格兰特回来向我们讲述了 "去丛林 "的故事，找到一个无人看守的种植园的诱人困境，以及他尴尬地努力说服几个来访的皮划艇运动员，让他们相信他是一个合法的CBC电台主持人，同时留着狂野的胡子，身上有伤，用砍刀比划着。孤岛历险记》有很多令人发笑的幽默和鼓舞人心的敬意，让我们看到了一个地方的独特历史和一个年轻人在荒凉湾的神奇中的成长。

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