My mom said this verse sustained her on the long drive back from her brother Ken’s funeral in Montreal.
My Uncle Ken was young (37 – September 11, 1961) when he died and since he was away from Winnipeg in Montreal I rarely saw him. I only remember bits and pieces here and there. We were on a family road trip and visited him at least once. His son Barry has a huge comic book collection with some first editions still in a plastic wrapper. My parents got to go to the Playboy Club. Does that mean my uncle was a member? Hmmm.
It’s cloudy and a bit of drizzle is coming down but we’re out for an adventure walking around an area we’ve not seen yet called Resthaven and it’s aptly names. The area is very tranquil as we walk around a peninsula where every house faces the water. There are only about a dozen or so houses. Very peaceful.
Bench View
Everywhere you look there are signs of things springing to life, like wildflowers and more.
Dafodils
Next order of business is a coffee.
After coffee I browse a marine supply store with lots fascinating things, most of which I’d never use but interesting nonetheless.
Around every corner there are boats and …
Boats
… more boats
Boats
After the coffee stop it’s back “home”. The rest of the day passed catching up on the blog posts and who knows what else.
Today’s plan includes a walk at Horse Hill, a drive around North Saanich on the Lands End Road and ogling all the incredible houses overlooking the ocean,
After a restful afternoon it’s out for dinner to 900 Bistro. Again, lots of great GF options, wood fired pizza and many Italian pasta delights.
I refer to this day as the 50/50 day as I had planned for four activities but we only accomplished two. ?
First stop, the Dallas Road Waterfront Trail
After some walking about it’s time for some lunch. Today, it’s the Flying Oyster Grill.
It’s a very nice place right on the harbour in downtown Victoria and they have lots of GF GF options.
Our next planned stop is the Malahat Skywalk which is about 45 minutes away.
I check their website and the last tickets sold are at 3pm. We won’t make it in time, we’ve spent too much time walking around, parking the car and having lunch.
However, item number four on the list is to take a 1/2hr small ferry ride from Mill Bay, which is near the Malahat Skywalk, to Brentwood Bay which is fairly close to Gail’s condo. So, I drive for about 45 minutes and get into the lineup for the ferry. The ferry is just coming in but it only takes 10 cars at a time.
We’re way more than number 10 in line. Shirley talks to the people ahead of us and determined that the wait will be way too long. So, no fun ferry ride as we pull out of line and drive back the way we came. I really dislike backtracking and was looking forward to the ferry adventure.
Back at the ranch it’s dinner, some TV and off to bed. A lot of driving today. Perhaps we’ll get to #3  later in the week.
