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Ruth Mcbride
Dec 10, 20203 min read
Not what we expected unfortunately!
Today we went to Comox for a trail hike. With so many trails to choose from, we couldn’t do every trail, even if we stayed here for a...
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Ruth Mcbride
Dec 9, 20205 min read
The Cool Place to Be!
Before heading out to do some exploring today we headed south on the coastal highway to the Bowser Esso station, to fill Newman with...
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Ruth Mcbride
Dec 8, 20204 min read
Let’s go exploring!
The two night and one day of rain had finally stopped this morning and the weather was supposed to be a beautiful 10C...so what should we...
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Ruth Mcbride
Dec 7, 20204 min read
Hallelujah!
Newman’s roof didn’t leak! Woohoo! We were really worried about potential leaking but I think the copious amounts of Dicor Lap roof...
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Ruth Mcbride
Dec 6, 20203 min read
We’re gonna get hammered!
And we aren’t talking about drinking! The weather doesn’t look very good overnight. Here’s the forecast “An INTENSE frontal system will...
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Ruth Mcbride
Dec 5, 20204 min read
5 months and 20 days!
That’s how long its been since I last walked an 18 hole golf course...But now the counting can stop because I did it! I walked 18 holes...
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Ruth Mcbride
Dec 4, 20204 min read
No words........stunning!
I couldn’t sleep this morning because I wanted to log into my work laptop to look something up from last year. As I was working at the...
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Ruth Mcbride
Dec 3, 20204 min read
Hey! I found a tee time!
Last night around 9:30pm as Richard and I were talking about what golf courses I had booked for the weekend, I mentioned that I had tried...
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Ruth Mcbride
Dec 2, 20204 min read
Just like Mom’s?
As I’m writing today’s blog Newman smells amazing! Today was our day to get organized and figure out what we really did or didn’t pack to...
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Ruth Mcbride
Dec 1, 20204 min read
4,534 kilometres and 4 weeks!
Not to steal the climax of the story...but we made it! WE ARE FINALLY HERE....!!! Today started out great! I had hot water for my...
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Ruth Mcbride
Nov 30, 20203 min read
Not another cold shower!
Yes...that’s what happened today. No hot water for my shower....grrrrr..this is not making me a happy “camper”!! Richard was busy...
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Ruth Mcbride
Nov 29, 20204 min read
Oh deer....!!!!
We golfed today! Finally! We hadn’t golfed since mid October in Fort Erie. We were seeing pictures on Facebook that the weather had been...
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Ruth Mcbride
Nov 28, 20204 min read
Shirley not again?
Today we tried again to eat at Shirley Delicious, in Shirley, B.C. for lunch...about a 40 minute drive, West along the coast from where...
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Ruth Mcbride
Nov 27, 20204 min read
But we already paid for our parking!
Today we were a bit lazy...but we still got a lot done!!!! No big long, crazy challenging hikes for us today as we were still recovering...
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Ruth Mcbride
Nov 26, 20204 min read
We’re going to golf in what?
Before we talk about golf let’s talk about the crazy long hike we did today! OMG! 3 hours, 20 minutes, 7.9km, 12,000 steps, and 13...
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Ruth Mcbride
Nov 25, 20204 min read
“A challenging but EXHILARATING hike!”
Waking up this morning overlooking the marina I couldn’t wait to get up at golden hour and take some photos. Being a Pisces I’m...
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Ruth Mcbride
Nov 24, 20203 min read
3 weeks....4,390 Kilometres!!!
What a relief! WE MADE IT TO THE ISLAND!!!! If you’ve been following our blog you would understand how we feel. Having never driven...
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Ruth Mcbride
Nov 23, 20204 min read
How on earth are we gonna get out of here?
If you’ve never driven a 40 foot vehicle that is 13 feet high you wouldn‘t completely understand the dilemma we had this morning! We had...
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Ruth Mcbride
Nov 22, 20203 min read
Flooded with Hope!
Today was all about exploring Hope, B.C. I had seen photos this summer of Flood Falls when one of my colleagues from the Bank had...
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Ruth Mcbride
Nov 21, 20203 min read
Sunday on a Saturday and 2 Allison’s to boot!
What a day! I feel like we saw so many different micro climates all in one day. It’s hard to describe how a short 4 hour drive could be...
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