
Breakfast with the kibble crew. Finn drops it all over, the other three eat them.
Friday Fei offered to pick up Kai from school. So Eric and I skedaddled. We went with Bryan and Amy for a Jeep cruise from Youbou, past Kissinger, to Nitnat and onto Port Alberni. A three hour drive that took 6 1/2 hours because we stopped to play and sightsee along the way.
The sun came out around the back of Lake Cowichan.
The road was rough. Very jiggly. We actually bounced Oscar out of gear twice. Something we've never done before.
Tons of soft mud to play in. Oscar is coated in chunky layers. This super cool camping spot isn't ok for Cheese but I want to go back and I don't want to be in a tent anymore so my new brain obsession is planning car camping in Onyx. I have a shopping list of things in my Shein cart. We all know I'm unlikely to do this on my own in reality but I want to think that I will. Haha. Eric could likely be talked into at least one car camp attempt. He's humoring me for now.
Oscar's 1st action shot. I'm always in the car. This was fun though so I might need to hop out more often. This is not a river. The river is on the other side of the bank.
Francis Lake and then to Darling Lake.
Coulson (sp?) log sort. Not in action anymore. On the Port Alberni inlet on the other side. A very cool spot. Pretty sure I could get Cheese in here. The road isn't too bad if you go in from Port Alberni.
The goal. Worth it.
SATURDAY
Fei has purged. Home to this on Saturday after hanging out with Shannon and Ken for the afternoon.
Her childhood in bags ;) It was long overdue.
SUNDAY
We left a room temp lunch Sat and Sun for Kai. Then set Alexa with a noon alarm. That way he doesn't have to wait for siblings to get up to feed him. It worked well. He was delighted to get Mcd's apple pie for lunch two days in a row. Jia brings left over extras home when working closing shifts.
We headed to Nanaimo. To the mall for an errand at People's Jewelers. Lunch out with Mary and Charles at a pub. Then to drop off a kitchen trolley at Lili's. We got it free from a Facebook free group. Then Lili took us to Reds Bakery in old town for Cheesecake.
This is bizarre. My fancy (too expensive) wedding band that is only 15 months old broke right through. This is the hand of a fellow working at People's jewelry. It's being sent to their master jeweler for a repair. Fingers crossed.
The break is oddly jagged.
The Cheesecake selection.
Lili picked Reeces and mine was lemon raspberry. Mine was devine. It tasted just like the lemon icebox cheesecake you used to be able to get at Woolworth counters.
Eric and I have galavanted three days in a row. A lot of driving. We're home now. Eric is making dinner for the troops. We're tired. Jia wanted to know why we're never home. Haha. I mean it is their spring break and we would love to go play with the kiddos but they sleep half the day away and aren't interested in going anywhere. So.....it is what it is.
Eric did point out after the long dive on Friday that we could have been half way to Reno. Arg.