It’s time for another update on what’s been happening in our
world. We’ve been in Campbell River parked in Cousin
Bill’s drive moochdocking for the past couple days. It was time to get on with our life again now
that Mom has passed. My sister Susan,
who is Mom’s executrix, and I went to the funeral home and made the
arrangements for a celebration of Mom’s life which will take place June
30. I put some time and effort into
making a brochure to give people at the service. I lined up a printer at a reasonable cost who
will cut the sheets for us as well so all we have to do is fold them. I don’t envy Susan with all she will have to
do to settle the estate and am just glad it isn’t me. Last Thursday, I helped two of my sisters and
a brother in law clean out Mom’s room at the care facility. For a small room, there was a lot of “stuff”
to remove. Hopefully some of the
grandchildren will adopt some of it then the rest will go to the thrift store. I plan to put together a photographic
remembrance highlighting Mom’s life when we return to Errington in another week
or so.
I have been out caching both on foot and on my bike the past
few days. I continue to be amazed at all
the trails that are out there that most people wouldn’t know existed. It just reinforces how much more a group can
accomplish rather than one person. I’ve
been wearing shorts and a tee shirt and many of these caches are off the trail
in thick brush so my legs and arms have been getting brutalized. I have found several areas that I hope to
return to next time. They are fairly
level roads suitable for riding my bike to cover more ground but are behind
locked gates to prevent motorized travel.
Aileen’s sister Anne came down from Port McNeill for last
weekend and she and Aileen had a great visit.
I spent most of both days helping again on the wheelchair ramp addition
to the Errington Communtiy Hall. We had
good volunteer crews both days and got lots accomplished. That was probably my last effort there as we
plan to be away the next couple weekends.
I enjoyed helping and learning some new skills. The ladies and I did get out caching/walking
on Saturday evening so Anne was able to claim some caches for her and John.
We’re having trouble getting much decent weather. We were forecast to have about ten days of
decent sun but we had some heavy rain Tuesday night and now it is raining this
evening, Thursday. It looks like we may
be getting showers tomorrow, which is moving day down to Duncan where we will
moochdock at my Cousin Neil’s. We
already have trips planned to Victoria next Monday and Wednesday. If the weather will cooperate, I plan to ride
some of the Trans Canada Trail in the Duncan area to do some geocaching. Are we getting bored with retirement? Not a chance!
Some days I don’t even get to read a book.
A Great Blue Heron down at the marina today
The passage between Campbell River and Quadra Island is always busy with boats
Part of the Campbell River Marina
When I got back to the car after geocaching late this afternoon, I saw this large barge of containers heading for Alaska. That's why they call this the highway on the sea.
Some of the forest I was geocaching past yesterday
Pilings left over from a long ago logging operation now provide protected nesting for some birds. Note the efforts at preventing larger birds from roosting and frightening away the smaller birds.
A little colony of tent caterpillars
The Heron got his minnow
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