Just incase you thought we were always jollying around with unicorns and rainbows on this trip, there are some ugly parts too. Honestly, I thought they would be more. I thought there would be more tears, more anxiety, more near death experiences due to sibling and parent anger. There are some. Rosa's ability to drive us all to the brink by barely moving a muscle or uttering a sound (I said 'barely') is a skill worth bottling. Of course there are some argumen...

Catching up with Christine, Eowyn and Dustin has been a real treat. Spending the day in the everso pretty town of Kaslo has been a double treat. We started our day at the farmers market, moseyed down to a huge steam paddle-wheel ship from the 1890's, the S.S. Moyie, a fully restored and wonderful time capsule of elegance and curiosity. Just a short wander to the beach where we swam in the Kootney Lake and a slow meander several hours later to the ice cream sh...