MAY 21, Thursday, sightseeing
Sunny and warm today! We went to visit the town of Chemainus in the afternoon which is famous for its murals. (See Pictures in folder # 39). They’ve added more murals since last I was here. We spent about 2 hours walking around the town which is small. Tucker loved to be able to walk with us.
At 4:30 p.m., we drove to Duncan to visit Leslie and Paul, friends of mine which I hadn’t seen in 15 years. I re-acquainted myself with their kids Sara and Dane whom were 4 and 1 when last I saw them. We had dinner with them and a marvelous visit afterwards. We left around 10 p.m. as they both have to work in the morning. We made arrangements to have them over for dinner on Saturday.
MAY 22, Friday, to Sooke
We left early to go to Sooke for one last visit with Uncle Russ. While there, I stopped at the garage and had my cruise control fix. A connection had come apart. I talked to Norm about the bill and he said he didn’t feel right charging me for something that he wasn’t able to fix (the missing throttle). I recommend this place to anyone in Sooke and needing repairs. Very honest people! We then went to visit Aunt Millie and Uncle Russ at the Assisting Living Home. Gladys came over too so the girls had a nice visit with him. He wanted Chinese food for dinner so Gladys brought him to her house. We had a nice afternoon at the house and ordered Chinese food for dinner. I took a few pictures then it was time to go as Gladys and George had to go to a game. We said our goodbyes, Val shedded a few tears and we were back on the road by 6:30 p.m. Traffic was light going back so it took us an hour and half to get back to our site in Chemainus.
MAY 23, Saturday, Visitors
A beautiful sunny, warm day; fantastic! We went to a local outdoor market and bought a few vegetables and a few other items. I set up the stove outside to cook the sweet corn then I washed the truck which was overdue. Leslie and Paul arrived around 5:30 p.m. and we first had a visit then cooked dinner, visited and re-acquainted ourselves. It’s great to be reunited again.
MAY 24, Sunday, Last day on Vancouver Island
We went for a short drive along the coast, I fuelled @.909/Litre, put air in the air-bags then came home and I cleaned and put everything away then we read and relax. We had left over from the last couple days for dinner.
MAY 25, Monday, to Lower Mainland
After putting everything away, we left around 9:15 a.m. We first had to drive south on Hwy 1 to a U-Turn area because of the median being blocked then headed north to Nanaimo. We took the 10:30 ferry and found out that our rig is 55 feet long. That cost us $225! OUCH!
Two hours later we were driving through Vancouver to Coquitlam where Joanne, John and Jenaya’s new house is. We visited and caught to almost two year’s absence, had dinner on the patio which was very relaxing. We all went to bed at 10:30 p.m.
We travelled 90 KM (79 miles) in 3 1/2 hours, including the ferry ride, at an average speed of 35 MPH
N 49* 15’ 22”
W 122* 51’ 24”
Alt: 494 feet
MAY 26, Tuesday, Coquitlam
Pouring rain this morning…Welcome to the Lower Mainland, I guess!
Val spent the day visiting with her daughter and grand-daughter and I read, did a few calls, checked e-mail and just plain relaxed. Played a couple games with Jenaya then at 5 p.m. we went to visit with my son Jeffrey in New-Westminster, about 15 minutes from here. Tucker met Simon and they got along just fine right away. We went out to see his boat in Queensborough, a 24 foot Maxim power boat. We then drove to a local pub and had dinner and a very nice visit. We dropped him off at his place and went home. He has to get up early so goes to bed early. We were home by 9:30 p.m. It has stopped raining and looks like it will clear.
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