All is well here on Vancouver Island. We haven't seen a cloud in the sky for 7 days! There's almost no wind during the day, it's never too hot and the stars at night are amazing. Papa has been commuting to work these past few weeks via a mountain bike. It's high time he seriously put some energy (and $$$) into getting a proper road bike. I feel like Miki looks in this picture after the 30 min. jaunt. Why is it so easy to fall out of shape, yet so darn difficult to get back into shape?
I had a fire call earlier this week at around 9:30am; a natural gas line in town was mistakenly cut by a guy digging with his backhoe. He got a $1,500 fine, we had to evacuate a general store, a church and about a dozen homes, close 2 lanes of traffic for 2.5 hours and deal with the potential, "flame-throwing" chaos all while trying to keep gawkers at bay. Even in small, back-woods towns there's never a dull moment...
Our plan for the weekend is to get some pre-fall (rainy season) house chores done: chop & stack wood, clean rain gutters, sweep the roof of pine boughs and trim back the garden. Hopefully we'll be able to squeeze in a family bike ride on the local parkway trail. We gave it a go last weekend only to have the tire on Miki's chariot pop 30 minutes into the day. No spare tube nor portable pump so Papa had to bike back to the car and then go pick up the stranded family. Luckily, the mishap occured in a nice park next to a small lake.
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will follow MIki's example and go to bed shortly... it's great to have this constant stream of pictures available. gotta work on it myself!
send my love to E!
Oh dear- isn't it funny how fun trips you plan may have a mishap, yet still you get to see something nice like a pretty waterfront?:)
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