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Monday morning I awoke after a disturbed night due to a car alarm at 2 am. Got ready, packed up and went down for the hotel breakfast. I love the waffles!  There was a display out front of the Hotel for Chinese New Years. 



I drove straight down to Crofton to catch the ferry over to Salt Spring Island. There was a bit of a wait as the dangerous goods run doesn’t take other traffic. I soaked up the sun and watched an adventure in boat trailering. 



One great thing was I saw Cheryl and her son Derrian on board and we had a great catchup.

This sign amused me, nice to have a play area

 It had been a long time and did my heart good. Mary Lynn met me at Moby’s for lunch and her husband Mark met us shortly thereafter. It was  strange to visit her knowing we wouldn’t be getting together for our annual birthday in the city. She and Mark have other plans….

After lunch I went to The Local where I used to hang out and run poker nights. Saw a few old friends and talked about the loss of our friend Garner. It seems he died in his sleep, which is the best we can hope for but sad for us.

Next was over to Jackies. Had a great visit with her and her Ex Barry. She gave me an antique railway lantern knowing my love for the railroad (I was the first female brakeman for Canadian Pacific Railway in the Kootenays). I also was given some of her daughter Lena’s ashes as I have a plan for a message in a bottle. I loved that girl but alcohol abuse took her away from us at only 26. 

My brother Greg and his wife Kym came and picked me up for dinner at Moby’s. Had the same server as lunch 🙂 We had a good visit and I also saw Ken whose son Ingmar is a friend up where I live. 





After dinner I grabbed my belongings from Jackies and headed up to Liberty Hall Lane. 

This street is named thus because back in the day there was a  ‘hall’ the guys used to hang out in to drink and play cards away from their wives. 

I was so happy to see my nieces, Cassidy and Maya who are 13 and 11. Both are taller than me now!











We took turns braiding hair and back rubs and tucked in around 10. The next morning I was the first one up and then Maya who got herself ready and off to school



greg was gone next and I made coffee just in time for Kym who made us scrambled eggs (nummy with coconut oil) and headed off to work with Cassidy to drop off. I once again packed up and headed for the Fulford Ferry. It was good I went early as the boat left some behind. 

Had a nice visit with Marv my lighting genius friend on the way over. Made the round about and onto the 11:00am boat to Tsawwassen. Sat to read for a while and realized I was hungry again so ordered the spaghetti and meatballs which were surprisingly good. 



The guys at the table across from me were very amusing and we all ended up chatting and looking at maps etc. Winston asked me for a way to connect so he and Dennis came down to the car deck with me to grab a card for him. He’s actually thinking of coming to volunteer at MusicFest which would be a lot of fun. Sure made the crossing go quickly. 

Straight downtown it was to check I. To the Residence Inn Marriott. Holy crow, this is the fanciest room I’ve stayed in , a 450 share foot bachelors pad









they will even do your groceries for a fee!

I spent some time answering work email and posting the bi-weekly payroll before walking down the Km to dinner at The Keg in Yaletown. It was so beautiful, all I had on was a hoody with my skirt





This group of students are all doing very well In school and I was really looking forward to meeting them after all the email we’ve shared. I was not disappointed, such good visits. Only forgot to get one picture of Alden and Katrina, dang. 













A nice walk home with Rhoda and I am relaxing in my King Sized bed, another day well done.