Expedition Canada

Energetic Start! Sun Jun 20th  Father and Son - special Father and son off for Mixal Lake 'Father's Day Event'. Wake me by 0800, so we can be off for 0830 Nick instructed.  We were ready for the off, soon after 0830.  Nick planned to swim the length of Mixal Lake at 2.2k return (he does that sort of stuff) and I was going to SUP (Stand Up Paddle-board) it, kneeling down.  I am new to standing on a paddle board so wasn't going to risk the whole journey vertically!  I did do the last 100m standing up.   This was already after an early morning  dog walk. So off we set.  Nick does a lot of open-water swimming off Kitsilano Beach, so came equipped with his 3mm thin summer wetsuit, ear-plugs, swimming hat etc. etc. It was a stunning morning.  The lake was reflecting the trees and mountains around and there were so few others around.  The only people I was aware of, were a couple who appeared to have camped on the smaller island on the lak...

Too Early  Fri Jun 11th Jack woke us up barking at  01:30. I resisted the temptation to let him out as I was unsure what was there.  The solar lights were still on in the garden, but there was nothing to see.  Jack had gone back to bed having got our attention, and so did I. Morning shed little light on the disturbance in the night, except for a large rock in the middle of the lawn. Probably weighing in at about 2kg, its presence and how it got there remains a mystery.  It had bits of grass stuck to it as if it had been dropped.  Its location was too far away from the rock-face behind t he house and its a different mineral to the rest of the rocks around the garden.  It remains a mystery. The morning was spent ordering sofas for the new rental, before heading off to John Henry's for lunch and to collect an order that had been delivered there. The sender of Fred's knitting needles hadn't put her name on the package, so the Canada Post office, opened the...