This image was taken in the late morning of November 11, 2019. With the next transit not until 2032, this my last chance to witness Mercury transiting the sun. I was determined to take advantage of it if at all possible. With a forecast for overcast skies in Metro Vancouver, I packed my gear into my car on the 10th and drove east looking for clearer skies. The forecast was favourable about half-way across the province, but this was not to be. After encountering snow squalls in the high country of the West Kootenays, the sky finally became clear when I approached Cranbrook in the southeastern corner of BC. br/ br/I spotted an accessible site with a clear view to the eastern sky that looked ideal for watching the transit that would be already in progress at sunrise the next morning. I booked into a Cranbrook motel, excited by the prospects for the morning. Yet when I awoke full of anticipation the next morning, I was dismayed to find the sky almost completely hidden by clouds that had drifted in overnight. The vagaries of mountain weather had defied me. I had no choice by to retrace my route with only the faint hope that the vague bluish tinges in the western sky might provide me with the opportunity that I sought. br/As I approached the border hamlet of Yahk, I found the sun to be clearly visible through a slightly hazy patch of otherwise open sky. I hastily set up my equipment in an open field between the old and new highways through town and struggled with my primitive technique for directing the telescope toward the sun without, of course, any assistance from the red-dot finder. I eventually succeeded, and as I was exchanging the eyepiece for my DSLR camera, a high-school student, with the day off school for Remembrance Day, came over to ask what I was doing. I soon realized from the very sensible questions and suggestions he made that he was an avid photographer. Together, we sorted out how to proceed. I had hoped to obtain a series of photographs as the transit progressed, but was lucky to obtain only a few decent images as indistinct bands of haze drifted across the sun. Irsquo;m not sure which of us was more excited. The student was so keen that, despite being inadequately dressed for standing around in the cold for very long, he stayed until began to visibly shiver. I thanked him enthusiastically for his valuable assistance. Unfortunately, I neglected to obtain his contact information. I tried to send him a copy via his high-school photography teacher, but am not sure that he ever received it. I hope that he might remember that cold morning without such a memento and that it might inspire him to pursue his interest and talent in photography.