To distract their young son on a cross-continental car trip, <b>Christopher Garrish</b>&#8217;s parents encouraged him to illustrate all the different licence plates he saw. Thirty years on, Chris still finds himself scanning for plates and recording what he sees on his award-winning website, BCpl8s.ca. He has also published articles on British Columbia history in BC Studies, British Columbia Historical News and Okanagan History. Chris, his wife, Heather, and his two daughters&#8212;whose names can be spelled in both English and Licence Plate: K8 (Kate) and 3MM4 (Emma)&#8212;live in the Okanagan Valley.