French Beach

 

Shannon's picture.

French Beach is gorgeous.

Getting out was iffy.  The water tank fell out of the brackets.  I said we could use the porta potty and a jug of water but Eric scoffed and stomped off.  He spent the afternoon working miracles.

We were finally loaded and did our usual light check and our trailer right turn signal isn't working.  Arg.  Another half hour before he gave up.  It will have to wait until we're home for a fix.

Izzy eats well.  Seems we're always making her food just as we're trying to leave.

Izzy had a pee moment.  Yikes.  Oceans out of our old gal about an hour after she was outside.  Good days and bad days. She doesn't appear to have pain and is mostly the same happy girl.

I opted to leave the Chihuahuas at home this time.  Fei is home.  It's rainy and cold.  I thought after Eric's frustrating day that he might prefer some actual relaxing time.

We ate Tim's on the way and arrived early evening.  Lots of time to hang out and enjoy fire.  Shannon brought rice crispy squares for roasting on the fire.  Camping win!  They're really good.  We just picked up more for tonight ;) Way easier than smores.

Doesn't everyone make and eat breakfast with their mouse watching everything?!  Haha.

Luk has named him Jerry.

Love.

Eric painted the ugly silver storage box.

The rolling rocks.  Tide is out too far but we could hear them through the night.

Today's adventure took us to Sheringham Point Lighthouse.

Nice little walk down.

So pretty.

The perfect shot.

Mouse Rescue

 

I thought Luk and I should go rescue a mouse.  He agreed.

Yesterday after school we went to Ladysmith and picked up two cages for $10.

Today after school we went for snacks and discussed the plan.

We went to the pet store and oggled the tiny fancy mice that are all girls.

Luk's choice was rescuing a boy mouse from the spca or getting multiple girls from the pet store.  Also a rescue mission since then they won't be snake food if we take them.  Boy mice live alone and girls can live in groups.

There wasn't a wrong choice.

Omg.  Seriously sooooo cute.

Luk is happy to keep his name as Mousey.  I'm sort of hoping he'll come up with a name on his own.  Mousey is able to climb the cage plastic walls so he's a spidey mouse.  It was almost Peter Parker but that was a no.  I have suggested Sir Poops-a-lot, which got a laugh but it's still a no.

They've been at the spca for months. There is a poster on the back wall of the three mice available.

We thought we were there to look at Leonardo Demousio but one look at Mousey and he was the one.

We had to do an actual adoption application.  

Cage $10, Mouse $5.35, better water bottle $12.99, mouse food, not sure of the amount, boy watching his new friend intently all the way home, priceless.

The spca staff didn't think we'd be able to handle him.

He's actually quite tame.

Love!

Kai is extremely excited about the mouse.  He LOVES him.  He'll need close supervision.  He's gentle but not able to anticipate Mousey moving.

Mousey loves exploring and he moves lightening fast.

The wheel is a weird set up, it is lower than the cage so has to hang over an edge.  Mousey doesn't care about these details he just wants to run.  I'm pretty sure he's put in a km already.

Only a few minutes with him and he was moved to the bigger cage.  He is super active.  So fun to watch.

Was Eric on board?  Surprisingly, yes.  He was actually quite involved with setting up the second cage for him.

I have to go stare at the new baby. 

That's fun.

 

Teaser Post

 

There's a fun thing happening for Luk today after school.

Lawn Tractor

 

Yesterday was a boring day of taking care of the lawn tractor problem.

Saturday, Eric was told that he can't order the cog to fix his machine, it's too old.  He was contemplating fabricating his own.  Then I found this one on marketplace.  

So Sunday we dragged Lili, Kai, Luk and the utility trailer to Brentwood.

Now he has two that run, one doesn't steer and one has a carraige wobble.  Haha.  Between them he'll be back to mowing soon.

We were back in time to pick up Jia from work.  Then a lazy afternoon for all of us.

Jeeping

 

Our goal was Mt. Prevost.  We made breakfast, settled pets, did dishes and took off.  Without inviting any kids.

We needed this time away to regroup.

The hike is above my level.  I had to crawl twice and Eric pulled me up a few times.  Pictures never show the whole story.

I opted to just enjoy this view and skip the cairn.  We can't make out our house but we can point to the area.

The day started so sunny then was arctic. Then sunny and ending with a wind storm, rain, snow and hail.

Copper Canyon.

I'd never been there before.

It's gorgeous.

Eric attempted things that were more than I wanted to try.  Haha.  I did get out at one point and watched him climb up an area that was sooo not a road.

Actually we were on lots of trails that can't really be called roads.

At one point we came up against a big truck on a single lane so Eric whipped into the ditch and drove up the other side and drove past him straddling the ditch.  Hillarious.

Again, the picture just doesn't do the hill justice.  This was downright scary.  I'm not sure which was scarier, going up or going down.

Ocean views.

Naps and lunch on a totally remote mountain top.  Heaven.  

We picked up groceries and were home around four.

Back to the chores and responsibilities.