Holly and I spent two weeks in Ontario where we visited Paul and Deb following Paul's recent back surgery. Holly needed to see her big brothers progress for herself and we are happy to report he is doing very well and is largely back to his normal self! We saw Holly's boys and as much family as we possibly could during a quick visit (a bit shorter than our normal trips). Two days after we returned to the Island, we packed the bus and got Vincent ready for an amazing advent

It was 5:00am on Thursday and Vincent was packed and ready to take us to Bella Coola. We were on the 7:45 ferry from Duke Point to Tsawwassen where we began our drive to Lillooet, our first stop. We intended to drive up Highway 1 to Cache Creek and return on Highway 99. A forest fire at Boston Bar closed the road which meant we had to go through Vancouver instead. This trip was designed around shorter driving days (4 to 6 six hours max) which gave us time to explore and

It was Tuesday morning and we were up at 6:00am to say goodbye to Mollie. We made our way to Victoria for the 10:30 sailing on the Coho ferry to Port Angeles. After a stop at Safeway, we were on our way along highway 101. We got to the rest stop before the big bridge into Astoria where Vincent popped his top (!) and Holly made a chicken stirfry dinner. The weather was awful! It was cold and rainy and very windy too! We enjoyed an evening inside the bus, playing crib and

Valentines Day! First camping trip as a married couple and first trip after my knee replacement surgery (3 1/2 months ago)! We decided to keep it simple and took Vincent to French Beach Provincial Park for two nights of peace and quiet in the forest! Well, more on that in a bit. French Beach Park is a very well kept park that keeps one of its two "loops" open during the winter for off season camping. It's located on the ocean, between Sooke and Jordan Beach on the west co

Day 6 Swift Current to Cochrane. We were up with the birds after a nice evening in our new favorite free campsite. The drive to...

Day 4 . The wedding was a wonderful event! The DJ provided more than enough country music for line dancing, regular dancing and sing...

Day 1 began very early at Smonectem campsite in Sidney. At 6:00am were were on our way with BC Ferries carrying us to Tsawassen on the...

Vincent at the ready! When we began the planning for this trip, it was with the understanding that all systems were GO at home for all...

The Unfaithful Servants are a blue grass band that we "discovered" last year when Holly bought tickets to celebrate Richard's birthday...

We have added a dash cam to our collection of gadgets. We hope to capture footage of our trip to Newfoundland this summer. Please have a look at the attached first attempt at a video log and let us know what you think. Any feedback is appreciated. Not just the nice stuff!

Every year, over the weekend closest to May 9 (my birthday!), Holly and I go to site 22C at BradsDadsLand campground on Hornby Island. ...

It was a prefect winter weekend for a camping trip on the West coast. It was a little chilly but clear and bright. Vincent has a diesel...