Our first week of vacation ended with Don and I taking a 3 day annual fishing trip to Alder Bay with our friends Ken and Carmen. As in the past, the fish did not disappoint. We caught some nice spring and coho salmon, a couple of pinks too, as well as some halibut. Don even caught a turbot! Ken and Carmen were wonderful hosts and we really got to relax and enjoy each other's company.
On the Monday, Don, Summer and I headed to Campbell River to take 85lbs of salmon in for smoking and canning. We combined our trip with a visit to Selene's to spend the afternoon with her and her girls; Bethan, Rianan and Caitlyn. We ended the afternoon with icecream on the pier.
Don and Vinnie - Selene's beautiful rottie
We took a daytrip to Victoria to catch up with some new and old friends. We had lunch with Tracey, Rio, Nolan and Asher and were joined later by my brother Steve and his family; Jen, Chase and Arden. We spent the afternoon under the apple tree watching the kids play.
That evening we headed to Val's house. It had been at least 6 years since we saw her and her daughter Carling. We enjoyed a nice dinner and then took the doggies to the 'dog beach'.
We headed home at 7pm - getting to the top of the Malahat, and realizing we (I) forgot our camera.... back we went...
We spent our last couple of days kicking around with the grandparents. We took Summer to Nautical Days and she had her face painted like her kitty George.
We hopped on the plane very early on Sunday morning and headed back to Ontario for the final day of the long weekend. Barb & Laurie picked us up and we enjoyed a quick visit with them before heading north on Monday morning.
Sounds like you guys need a vacation!
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