Paid Vacations

July 21st - Another early morning drive from Victoria to Hornby Island.
Ah, the sun and fluffy white clouds!

... watched a remote controlled sailboat race (July 22nd)

... visited friends (July 22nd),

... amongst them Anna and Ava (July 22nd),

July 24th - went hiking up Mount Geoffrey
with the visiting Alberta Snikles,

After our hike up the mountain, it was time to cool off and have some lunch.

That evening we went down to Ford Cove to watch Alex and Paul
swim in the rather cool water.

July 28 - Peter enjoys a much needed chair
massage at the Saturday Market.

Sunday July 29 - picnic at the beach. Here
Meka enjoys a roll in the warm sand.

Some of us attempted a game of frisbee in the frigid waters
of Whaling Station Bay.

Some of us enjoyed the warm sand ...

One of us happily got buried in the sand,

 and all of us enjoyed a bite to eat, al fresco!
Check out Alex's six-pack.

The next day the Alberta Snikles started on their journey home and Judith drove back to Victoria to go to earn her next paid vacation.  Frank and Mary Jane stayed home to recover from 2 weeks of visitors and Peter stayed on Hornby for more 'healing.'  Thankfully, we are all recovering nicely and looking forward to warmer weather in August.

Peter's Dream Home

I knew it the minute I saw it - this is Peter's dream home.  It's got everything!

August in a nutshell - Part 7 August 20

After our stop at Fol Epi, Peter suggests we go for a drive out towards Sooke.  We drove and it was a beautiful day for a drive. We ended up in Port Renfrew!

Port Renfrew

Port Renfrew

We purchased picnic items and headed down to the water at French Creek Provincial Park.

Really nice and hot at the beach.

View up the coastline at French Creek Provincial Park.

We also stopped at China Beach. This is the view from part way down the trail from the parking lot.

There were some really big trees on the trails.

Another view from the trail.

A walk along the sandy beach.  The water was quite 'refreshing'.

Another view of the beach.

We finished the day back in Victoria at The Moon Brew Pub for a brew and bite to eat.