May 21, 2025 After two weeks spent visiting family, and many shopping trips to stock up on groceries and other items that are more challenging and expensive to get delivered to Ocean Falls, it was time to load up our truck and head back to Ocean Falls. On Saturday morning, May 10 th , at around 06:30 we left my parents' place in Victoria and drove all the way up the island to Port Hardy. Then, at around 17:30 we drove onto the ferry and went upstairs to pick our seats. After the ferry left dock, we went to the cafeteria where we reheated our delicious lasagne dinner with homemade French bread and garlic butter. It was a delicious meal, and we had a beautiful window view looking out at the passing islands as we made our way northward. After dinner we inflated our air mattress and tried to get some sleep, but because they had not yet turned the lights down, and of course the environment was totally different, Falcon was wired right up and not ready...
July 13th (Saturday) It was a beautiful day! We still had dramatic skies and many dark clouds passed over that looked like they might bring rain, but none of them did. When the sun shone through in between the clouds it was brilliantly warm! We spent the first part of the morning doing little projects around the boat. I am learning how to make nets and enjoying it. It is fun because I am making nets for securing things, and having new storage areas while we are at sea. It is also an easy thing to do in the cockpit while enjoying the beauty around us. This truly is a beautiful spot! We paddled to shore to an area where a small stream flows out. We got out of our kayaks and bushwhacked our way up to the first small lake. Although there was a Red Throated Loon on the lake there were no signs of fish and no bites on the hook. We think the loon may have been fishing for frogs, because when we skirted our way around the lake we came to an area that was hopping with ...
May 14, 2025 Our first two days after being home in Ocean Falls were sunny. We enjoyed our quiet time together as a family doing things together outside around the house. The lawn got mowed, weed whacking was done, the lawn got raked, garden beds all got weeded, potatoes and onions planted, raspberries trimmed and tied up, and lots of other fun chores. We were in our own peaceful corner of the world and did not see another person for several days. It was the first time in a very long time that we had been so removed from people, and it was quite nice. When the Ocean Falls rain returned we finished getting all of our boxes unpacked and our house reorganized. With being back in Ocean Falls, after being gone for over 8 months, it is so amazing to see how much Falcon has changed. We can so clearly remember how he was in specific situations before we left last September, and so it is incredibly obvious how much he has grown up. He...
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