Expedition Canada

Exploring Locally Thu Jul 8 Burr, barnacles and bladderwrack a washed-up tree stump on Langdale beach Fri Jul 9 Thursday Apart from the odd few bit and pieces we are now installed and settled in Gibsons.   The new old bed collected from Vancouver on Tuesday has been assembled and had some dabs of paint added, bedding and mattress being acquired.  As we start to settle in, we've had a chance to explore the area.  The Sprockids Regional Park is more extensive than we first thought and we've hardly scratched the surface of the network of tracks and trails.   With Fred glued to Wimbledon, I popped into town for some nuts missing from the bed, and some glue.  The more we explore Gibsons the more we find.  Tucked away on one of the back roads was an amazing fixings and fasteners store with every type of nut, bolt, screws and glue you could ever want - except the metric one I needed.  Ah, IKEA she said, metric, sorry!  Amazon to the rescue...

No Picnic Spotted Towhee Thu Jun 10th It's your stomach grumbling Fred thought.  Jack and I knew it was something else.  A briefest grumble, but it had soon passed and we carried on our walk on the Copperhead Trail towards McNeil Haslam Lake.  More later. This morning it was grey skies again and occasional showers.  With the new property rental starting in less than a month Fred wanted to spend some sourcing key furniture to tide us over until stuff arrives from the UK.  A largely fruitless exercise as so much was out of stock  or on very long delivery times - months!  I used the morning to clear out my password manager of 400 or so redundant passwords.  Next I have to turn my attention to renewing passwords.  A task I am not looking forward to.  The walk first thing provided pictures of the Spotted Towhee .   I've not see the Barred Owl for a few days, but I'm sure he will be back. Both in need of the fresh air we dr...