The Sunshine Coast-Part One

So its been a month since got back from our awesome trip to BC last week . And I do mean awesome. Yes, it has taken me awhile to post (thanks Alex for the "gentle" reminders). The weather was absolutley perfect, warm and sunny every day for ten days. I dont think I have ever been to BC without it raining during the trip. Graham and I had a fantastic time. We only wish poor Scott had been able to sneak away from work to join us.

I will be writing a few posts on our trip, as it was jam packed and one post just wont cut it....

We left May 23rd and flew to Comox, with a 2 hour stop in Calgary. My freind Tracy and her kids met us for the layover and we all got some breakfast since it was 8 am Alberta time when we landed. Then it was onto Comox (I was on my own with Graham for a hour long flight) and Graham was a superstar flyer once again. The seniors on the plane just loved him. I think we were the only two on the flight, beside the flight crew, who were under the age of 65.

Comox was awesome. Uncle Jim and Sue's house was right on the ocean, over looking the Strait of Georgia. It was an amazing place, so peacful and relaxing. Graham loved the cornucopia of farm animals they had, and he was especially enamored with the chickens, or "the girls" as we called them. Every night we watched for cruise ships, and it was a contest to see who would spot them first. These huge boats were on their way up to Alaska, and I must say, I was very good a spotting the ships. It was so cool. The first night we saw a huge one, called the "Island Princess" heading south to Vancouver. Apparently they have to time the passage at Seymore just right to hit the slack tide. At that certain point, the tide from the north meets the tide from the south, and it is so strong that when at full blast, it can turn a huge cruise ship around like a sailboat. Who Knew??? The house was incredible, I felt like I was staying at a little resort on the ocean, and the ocean air was so crisp and clean. I slept like a log, so did Graham. Graham loved their yellow lab Will, who was so gentle and patient with a 10 month crawling all over him.

After a few days, I packed up Graham and drove down to Victoria, then took the ferry over to Vancouver for a three day visit. We spent the night with my Aunt Lynne, whom I had not seen in years, and of course Graham had never met. It was so good to see her and Janie again. We had a sprinkling of rain that night, but nothing major. It cleared right up in time for us to take our big ferry boat and start leg two of our adventure...