Another Routine Sunset

Here's a picture of our sunset this evening. We thought we'd brighten up the evening of those folks enjoying the rainy night in Edmonton!
  

Maureen & Ken's Visit

Maureen and Ken came for a visit Tuesday, September 5th and we had a great couple of days. On Wednesday we went for dinner at the Laughing Oyster Restaurant on Okeover Inlet, but visited Lund before our reservation. We snooped around the Lund harbor and took a walk on the short but interesting boardwalk to the Sunset at the End of the World Restaurant that is not in business at the moment. Could this be an opportunity? There is also a new house overlooking the harbor that is under construction. Larry spoke with the builders when he was here earlier this summer.
 
 
 
  

Kayaking

It was unanimous! The highlight of Kevin, Shannon, Justin and Jared's visit was our sea kayaking trip from Lund to the Ragged Islands. We took a guided trip with Terracentric Adventures which included some on-shore familiarization and instruction. There was another group on the trip with us; a mother and her 4 children ages 2 to 7. Kevin had one of her boys with him in a double kayak. Shannon and Justin were together and Jared and I were together. We saw lots of seals, some of which seemed to be babies that were in the process of being weaned from their mother's milk. Their cries could be heard all over the water! Including the on-shore instruction, our trip took about 4 hours and wasn't without a little excitement at the end when we were getting out of the water. I dropped my camera in the salty drink! I snatched it out immediately and a guy was there who said he happened to be a camera technician and told me to get the batteries and memory card out and dunk the camera in fresh water ASAP. I did this and then dried it thoroughly with a hair dryer. Presto, everything still works and some of the pics you see here came off the memory card. Talk about lucky and alls well that ends well!
 
 
 
  

Kayaking

 
 
 
  

Valentine Mountain

Kevin, Shannon, Justin and Jared were here for a vist from Wednesday afternoon, August 30th to Sunday morning September 3rd when they had to return home to get ready to get back to school and work Tuesday morning. We had a great time and one of the things we did was hike up to the top of Valentine Mountain. Grandma was able to do the climb aided by her hiking poles! There's a great view from this vantage point looking across to Harwood Island, Savary Island, up Malaspina Strait to the entrance to Desolation Sound and across to Vancouver Island. Of course, the brilliantly clear day was a bonus!
 
 
 
  
  

Kevin Receives 20 Year Long Service Medal

This picture was taken shortly after Kevin was presented his 20 year Long Service Medal by Deputy Commissioner Bev Busson, Commanding Officer Pacific and Yukon Region. The presentation took place at RCMP HQ in Vancouver June 27th, 2006.