2004/04/19
When my father died and my two brothers and I sat down to talk about him, we discovered that we were talking about three different men - and I had never met the other two.
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Hello here it is Monday. I leave Victoria for home tomorrow.
Yesterday, Gary, Lewis and I went down to the harbour front with the express purpose of browsing through some art galleries. We parked near the harbour and walked up to Douglas Street and made our way down it. We stopped in a few places but found nothing that Lewis was looking for. We stopped into Sam's Deli for lunch. On the way back to the car we had a look at the docked vessel called the "Farley Mowat" (originally called the "Ocean Warrior"). It was flying the flag of the "Sea Shepards. We also saw some aircraft of Harbour air group that fly from Victoria to Vancouver return. They have 9 turbo-prop Otters and a few piston engine Beavers. I understand from the internet that there are also turboprop beavers although I have not seen any. Lewis says that he has flown in one in Saskatchewan.
A funny thing happened to me on Saturday morning. When I went to bed in the RV on Friday night I set the time on the TV using the time on my watch. I then set the alarm to wake me up at 8 in the morning. All was well and the alarm went off at 8 AM and I got up, quite refreshed. After washing and brsuhing and getting dressed I went to leave the RV and the clock above the door read 7 AM. What the hell was going on? After a quick check of my watch I realized fwhat had happened....I had set the TV clock to Winnipeg time (two hours early). Here I was all dressed and nowhere to go. I walked down to the house but there was no one up yet. I did not want to wake anyone so I walked the mile down the hill to the restaurant and had breakfast. Of course I did not admit to this......who would admit to something like that ?
Today, Monday we went out to lunch in Mechosen at the "My Chosen" restaurant. We had to wait in line for 30 or 40 minutes and you know that I hate waiting in line for anything, but the food was good. We then went to Mary Hill campground to have a look around. This is the campground (along with 'Nanoose') that Gary and Carol use during the summer for camping. It was really quite nice for a campground. It had a nice beach area and campsites. The view from the beach across the strait of Juan De Fuca is of Port Angeles and the Olympic mountain Range...bootifull.
Tonight Lyn and Al came over to see me before I leave tomorrow. I did not get much of a chance to talk to them but it was certainly nice of them to come. After the wedding on Saturday they went off to an Inn called the Swan and then on Sunday they cruised around in their little Miata convertible and did not get back to their place until late Sunday. Lyn talked of coming out to Winnipeg with Rachel for a visit. That would be nice. It would be nice if Al could come too.
Anyhow, I am back in Winnipeg tomorrow and I arrive at 10:10PM. The love of my life is picking me up at the airport.
Right now the hockey game is on...Vancouver and Calgary. Calgary is ahead by a goal.
Keep on blogging.
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Hello here it is Monday. I leave Victoria for home tomorrow.
Yesterday, Gary, Lewis and I went down to the harbour front with the express purpose of browsing through some art galleries. We parked near the harbour and walked up to Douglas Street and made our way down it. We stopped in a few places but found nothing that Lewis was looking for. We stopped into Sam's Deli for lunch. On the way back to the car we had a look at the docked vessel called the "Farley Mowat" (originally called the "Ocean Warrior"). It was flying the flag of the "Sea Shepards. We also saw some aircraft of Harbour air group that fly from Victoria to Vancouver return. They have 9 turbo-prop Otters and a few piston engine Beavers. I understand from the internet that there are also turboprop beavers although I have not seen any. Lewis says that he has flown in one in Saskatchewan.
A funny thing happened to me on Saturday morning. When I went to bed in the RV on Friday night I set the time on the TV using the time on my watch. I then set the alarm to wake me up at 8 in the morning. All was well and the alarm went off at 8 AM and I got up, quite refreshed. After washing and brsuhing and getting dressed I went to leave the RV and the clock above the door read 7 AM. What the hell was going on? After a quick check of my watch I realized fwhat had happened....I had set the TV clock to Winnipeg time (two hours early). Here I was all dressed and nowhere to go. I walked down to the house but there was no one up yet. I did not want to wake anyone so I walked the mile down the hill to the restaurant and had breakfast. Of course I did not admit to this......who would admit to something like that ?
Today, Monday we went out to lunch in Mechosen at the "My Chosen" restaurant. We had to wait in line for 30 or 40 minutes and you know that I hate waiting in line for anything, but the food was good. We then went to Mary Hill campground to have a look around. This is the campground (along with 'Nanoose') that Gary and Carol use during the summer for camping. It was really quite nice for a campground. It had a nice beach area and campsites. The view from the beach across the strait of Juan De Fuca is of Port Angeles and the Olympic mountain Range...bootifull.
Tonight Lyn and Al came over to see me before I leave tomorrow. I did not get much of a chance to talk to them but it was certainly nice of them to come. After the wedding on Saturday they went off to an Inn called the Swan and then on Sunday they cruised around in their little Miata convertible and did not get back to their place until late Sunday. Lyn talked of coming out to Winnipeg with Rachel for a visit. That would be nice. It would be nice if Al could come too.
Anyhow, I am back in Winnipeg tomorrow and I arrive at 10:10PM. The love of my life is picking me up at the airport.
Right now the hockey game is on...Vancouver and Calgary. Calgary is ahead by a goal.
Keep on blogging.
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