2017 Halloween to the end of November Escapades

We were officially on our home-bound trip from Eastern Canada until November 16th. After leaving the Okanagan, we spent time in Port Coquitlam with brother Rick & wife Maureen and in Vancouver visiting Shanti Williamson (& Cory) and Sarah Ronald (& Bieu). Of course we did a food-bliss stop at Granville Island!

We stopped home briefly to carve pumpkins and check in and to park Gr@y, whose insurance was just about to run out and then aded off again to complete our trip via Cluxewe and Tofino. While in Cluxewe we learned about staying by the month in the off season period from October to April and so booked a cabin for April 2018 – the larger, two-bedroom so we could invite guests up.

In Tofino we visited with sister Janis and storm watched. Janis hosted her 60th belated birthday dinner with local Tofino pals – what a treat to be included. On our way back down the Island we popped in to wish nephew Fisher happy birthday.

Francis Sandoz’s fourth birthday outing was to a Raffi performance at the Royal Theatre – he really enjoyed the environment, in particular the flip-up seats and he sang along at times, which was fun for Yolanda.

At the end of November we hosted an “American Thanksgiving” for a gathering of our McDougall nieces and nephews – we feel so very fortunate to have them in our lives.