A Summer Visit with Grandson Eligh

SUMMER   -   July 1 - 15

Where has the time gone?  As I write this, summer is almost over.  I am in a cast from heel/achilles surgery, so a good time to sit at the computer and update this blog!
On July 1st I travelled to Toronto to pick up grandson Eligh and bring him back for a west coast  visit.  While in TO I took his dad and him on a hot July 2nd to a Blue Jays game (which the Jays won in a bottom-of-the-9th rally and home-run!)

On the 3rd, after a flight across Canada and a ferry ride across the Strait of Georgia, we were in Nanaimo.  Perfect timing as Grandma Linda had just got back from a long flight herself!

We spent a couple days around home, went to Parksville for mini-golf and beach time; 4H petting barn, the aquatic center, twice, as well as parks and arcades... whew!

 

   
 It was time to introduce Eligh to boating so what better destination for a grandson's first sailing adventure than "Pirate's Cove"!  Only a short two hour trip from Nanaimo harbour, through Dodd Narrows and around the south end of DeCourcy Island.

 

     

Pirate's Cove was once known as the home of the secretive "Brothers XII" clan, there was even thought to be a buried treasure at one time.  Now-a-days there is a refurbished "treasure chest" ashore, where you 'leave one/take one' childrens 'treasures'; as well as awesome trails to explore and calm waters to row around.

         

We spent a couple of relaxing days, tried our luck "fishing" and grandpa celebrated his 60th. 







Soon we were back home and then off on a thrilling float plane ride to Vancouver to visit Eligh's other grandma Bonnie, Auntie Diane, Uncle Jason and cousin Evan!
                              

   

        Cousins!

 

Next: A Trip to the San Juan Islands....