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North America » Canada » British Columbia » Pender Island August 28th 2015

Now on Pender with Yvonne. Here are some pics from the last week. We were in Banff for 5 nights, then did a 2 day train trip from Banff toVancouver. Then 1 night in Vancouver where we visited a chinese garden, the across to Pender where we have been for few days.... read more
up high
Leaving Vancouver for Pender Island
on the boat

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Pender Island August 2nd 2015

Well, it appears it is actually over. Dianne wound things up at St. James on June 29th and we headed for Pender Island the next day. We are officially retired. But, before we left, our days were certainly fun filled. There were lots of good-byes at the school. The students, parents and teachers were all sad to see Dianne heading off into the sunset. Lots of parties. We were pretty sad to see our adventures of the past few years end but, hopefully, they will turn into a new set of adventures. My pelvic fractures had basically healed but not enough to take care of the move on my own. On the Saturday before month-end, Dan, the father of one of Dianne’s students, came over to “help” us pack the truck. In this case “help” meant ... read more
Goodbye Poster
Part of another poster
Furniture donated


Geo: 48.7689, -123.289It was great to get back to Pender and catch up with all of our friends in that wonderful island community. After 3 hectic days of sorting and cleaning we have both of our vehicles loaded to the max and Izzy, the wonder dog back in tow ready for our trip back to Red Deer.... read more




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