After spending most weekends on Galiano, we had a weekend in the city (sort of) that we made the most of. Friday night I hung out with my friend Dave at the breweries in Port Moody. Saturday was all Vancouver as we started the day at the Khatsailano Street Festival, followed by a wander looking for a place to watch the England game, a stop at a beach volleyball tournament and then Symphony at Sunset. Sunday we headed up to Squamish to do a hike on the Sea to Sky Gondola, followed by hanging out with our friends Nicole and Anthony. I’m tired just thinking about it all!
Read MoreCanada Day - A Boating Outing and Saturna Lamb BBQ
With Canada Day mid-week this year, we had decided to spend the whole week on Galiano. Our friend David, who has been gracious enough in the past to take us out on his boat suggested that we do the Canada Day Lamb BBQ on Saturna Island again - but with a twist! We’d leave Tuesday night and “camp” on the boat!
Read MoreVictoria Visit with Stuart and Jo
With Canada Day mid-week this year, we decided to spend the whole week on Galiano. We were headed over on Friday night (26th) and staying through the following Sunday. Canada Day was in the middle, and since we had a longer stretch, we decided to spend the weekend on Vancouver Island visiting our friends Stuart and jo and their girls. It had beena while so it was good to see them.
Read MoreAn Actual Ski Weekend
Justine and I finally managed to sneak a couple of days of skiing this year! We left it pretty much until the end of the season, but we had an super-fun weekend at Silver Star Mountain resort near Vernon in the interior. It was a long way to go for a couple of days, but it ended up being excellent and a great way to wrap up “winter”.
Read MoreA Long Overdue Renovation Post
This post really belongs more in 2025 than 2026, but let’s just say it’s both taken longer to complete the project and longer to write this post than it really should have. The overview is that we had heat pumps installed in our townhouse back in late October. As they had to cut open walls to run the power and plumbing, it seemed like a good time to do a fairly major renovation on the place. This is that story.
Read MoreAn Early Start to Spring on Galiano
I know that it’s only mid-February, but we’ve had such a mild winter that it really feels like spring has arrived. This past weekend we were on Galiano and I took advantage of the warm, clear weather to get an early start on prepping the gardens. We also did some more broome cutting and burning - a great start to spring!
Read MoreA Non-ski Ski Weekend
We booked a long weekend on Mount Washington. It should have been epic, but instead the conditions were horrendous! We skied one day and did some tubing but it was really a bust as there was no snow! We did have a great visit with friends, so that made it all worth while! Heads up - this post is pretty long.
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