Sunday we had to do a bunch of running around and ended up down near the ferry terminal at the big mall. After getting everything done we still had a few hours of daylight and the rain had mercifully stopped. So we decide to head down to Boundary Bay to see what might be around on this early winter afternoon. We ended up with a pretty great day, with lots of owls and raptors to entertain!
Read MoreSome Fun Times Around Vancouver and a Week Off on Galiano
This post is a bit of a catch up. There’s been lots going on over the last month or so with no downtime to write it all down or post. We’ve been doing lots around the city, I took a week off from work to head over to Galiano to catch up on some projects and as part of that trip was able to swing by Victoria for a day and a half to catch up with some friends. It’s been busy but fun!
Read MoreA Fall Visit to Reifel - We Scored an Owl!
It’s been a while since I posted much - getting through the Europe posts and getting through the over 3,000 photos I took on my proper camera in Europe has taken a lot of time. This will be a shortish, photo-heavy post of a recent trip to Reifel. We got very lucky with birds of prey on this trip - eagles, hawks and an owl! We also made a short stop at the farm on Westham Island, which was all decked out for Halloween.
Read MoreOne Last Post Before our Big Vacation - Off to Europe!
On Friday, we are off to Europe (Scotland and Portugal) for a much needed vacation! So there are not going to be many posts for a while, until well after we’re back. This past week, before we headed out, we had a couple of fun local events - Julius Caesar at Bard on the Beach and Feast of Fields.
Read MoreA Longer Galiano July Visit
In the summer, we like to spend as much time on Galiano as we can. With the addition of StarLink we’ve been able to work from the cottage, which has meant that we can also stay for longer stretches. This trip was two full weekends, bookended around the week of work. It meant we were able to tackle a few projects and also that we were lucky enough to catch up with some friends that came to visit Galiano.
Read MoreA Visit from Alex and Squamish Weekend!
We had a couple of weeks back home in Vancouver and the timing could not have been better! We had a surprise Visit from Alex and we had a fun weekend in Squamish planned with our friends Nicole and Anthony.
Read MoreAn Ontario Visit and a June Galiano Update
It’s been a while since I posted an update - it’s been a busy stretch. I had a quick trip back to Ontario to visit with both of my families (after my work trip to Florida), and then we had a nice stretch on Galiano. There was a weekend in Squamish mountain biking squeezed in there as well. Lots of fun!
Read MoreA Crazy-busy Spring Week - Spring Flowers, Baseball, Reifel and a Quick Trip to Galiano
This is going to be a long post that covers quite the range of topics! It’s been a busy couple of weeks for us and we’ve done a lot of different things! I bought a new bike; we went to both Whitecaps (soccer) and Canadians (baseball) games; we got the roof opened up, stopped at Reifel and we made a quick day trip to Galiano. Keep up - I’m going to move fast!
Read MoreWhiskey and Words, Spring on Galiano and Vancouver Sunsets
On Friday night I had bought us tickets to Whiskey and Words, a fundraising event for the Vancouver Writers Fest, before heading to Galiano on Saturday morning for a long overdue trip. We stayed through Tuesday night getting lots of projects done around the cottage, before heading home to spring finally arriving. Wednesday night we went for a nice walk and had an amazing sunset.
Read MoreSun Run 2023 and Some Vancouver Spring Flowers
The Sun Run is the unofficial start to spring in Vancouver, a 10 km race that regularly has between 30-50k participants. Justine had registered with her company team and for whatever crazy reason, on Thursday I signed up too. I haven’t run in over a year and neither of us trained for the run. Despite those factors and the pouring rain, there we were at the start line on Sunday morning…
Read MoreA Bluebird Day Playing Hooky
Friday, Justine and I played hooky from work and took the day off to head up to Whistler for what we expect will be our last day of skiing for the season. As it turned out, it was a spectacular, bluebird day on the mountain and made for a great final day out.
Read MoreWinter Events and Activities
I’m taking a short break from the Maui posts to add an entry for some of the more interesting things we’ve been up to over the past week or so. It’s been a very busy time since we came back from Maui, and with the upcoming trip to India, time is just flying by. This post covers some fun rugby and soccer events we attended, as well as a weekend spent in the great outdoors!
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