On Saturday, Sept 7th, we had to drive into Vancouver and passed many of the 4,500 cyclists participating in the 10th annual Gran Fondo. The ride started from Stanley Park in downtown Vancouver, crossed the Lions Gate bridge and followed the beautiful Sea-to-Sky highway through Squamish and finally to Whistler. The total distance of the […]
A bit of a collage of photos taken in July and August on Saltspring – our focus for the last couple of weeks was to paint the exterior of the house and we had lots of help from Maegan, Zev, Nick and Emily which was greatly appreciated. In particular, Nick’s rappelling skills came in handy […]
On Wednesday, we attended Nick’s convocation ceremony at UVic. The university centre was packed with pround family and friends celebrating the culmination of many years of hard work by all the new graduates. Nick received his Masters of Applied Science degree (the title of which appears in one of the photos – Dort cross-stitched it […]
Dort and I went for a walk through the Squamish estuary this afternoon. Despite it being late in the day, there was lots of bird activity, including a large flock of the beautiful Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) were feasting on Mountain Ash berries. We also saw a number of flickers, humming birds, and bear scat […]
We spent last weekend at the Pacific Sands Resort in Tofino with Maegan, Zev, Nick and Emily – we had beautiful weather and all four “youngsters” were able get out and surf on both Sunday and Monday. Ucluelet, Tofino and the Pacific Rim park are spectacular any time of the year, with a very different […]