Had a wonderful weekend in Port McNeill with Miss Maggie :) Saturday morning we went to watch her brother, Tom, play baseball in the Orcafest tournament. And with Maggie's patient explanation I was actually able to understand what was going on! Then we went to Tom's girlfriend's place for some nibbles (including super scrumptious freshly baked cinnamon rolls! Om nom nom…) before watching the Orcafest parade. It went for all of about 10 or 15 minutes, & mo...

On Friday morning Maggie had to teach swimming lessons at the pool for a few hours so I hung out at home with Maggie's cat Nala. I was reading my Vancouver travel guide on the couch with her curled up on my chest. It was another beautiful, sunny day in Port McNeill, so when Maggs got back from the pool we headed off to Telegraph Cove for lunch. It's a beautiful little coves with lots of few old houses & dozens of brightly colour fishing boats moored in the ...

On Thursday morning I was up at 5:15AM (!!!) to begin the LONG journey to Port McNeill to see my lovely friend Maggie :) Maggie & I were roomies the season that I lived & Whistler, and I haven't seen her since I left there about 2½ years ago. She lives over on Vancouver Island in a town called Port McNeill, which is up the northern end of the island on the east coast. Turns out it's quite a mission to get there… From JL's place I had to take a bu...