(Since I didn't get to actually posting anything from Canada Day and 4th of July I decided to just skip it and continue with our vacation post.)
We had our first family vacation as an entire family! We decided to rent a house and cottage on Hornby Island with our friends Shauna and Joa and their kids, Jacob and Eli, for a week. Hornby is located about 3 hours north of Victoria in the Straits of Georgia. It is a beautiful, virtually undisturbed, island full of forests and beaches. (www.hornbyisland.com) It is supposed to be one of the only places close by where you can swim in the ocean and the water is "warm". I would beg to differ, but the water was warm on the top 6 inches or so, if you count that as "swimming". The kids didn't seem to notice the temperature of the water and we couldn't have asked for a nicer week. The weather was beautiful and sunny and warm everyday.
The island is so small that you get to know it within a few hours. There is only one store and a couple coffee "shops" and clothing "stores". The "shops" and "stores", with the exception of the Co-op, are mostly just huts that have been erected. There is a great market that is open twice a week and a fruit stand that is open during the weekend. If you are going to Hornby to "shop" you will need to go somewhere else! The beaches are great and each one has completely different rock formations than the next. Some are sand and go on for miles and others are limestone with fantastic tidal pools to play in. Others are rock that has been cemented together by glaciers. Really interesting to see. The kids loved to play on all the beaches.
I can't say that we did all that much while we were there. We did hike in the provincial parks and definitely played on the beaches. We saw lots of eagles and otters and some baby seals. The tidal pools were fantastic for the kids to play in and catch crabs, starfish and other sea stuff. The adults actually got to talk after the kids went to bed and even got a few card and bocce games in. The island is beautiful, but I think after a week the family was ready to go home. The kids really do miss their routines and there things.
Next we are off for the long weekend to camp in Seattle. Should be a blast! Kian is looking forward to the zoo.
P.S. If anyone is wondering how Kian's tooth-pulling went, it went really well. He was a model patient and extremely good. He had no pain what so ever and didn't need any pain killers.
Now for a TON of photos!
Eagles outside out place
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