April 17, 2005

April 17, 2005

Qualicum Bay to Union Bay, B.C.

DAY 304

 

Today was cool and cloudy with intermittent rain. Same old story ! It's been like this for about 2 weeks now.

Last night and again this morning I phoned my friend Pamela Ramsay and left a message for her to call us. Pamela and her husband Hein live in Union Bay, about half an hour north of Qualicum Bay, where we spent last night. Pamela and I were colleagues at Canada Post in Winnipeg in the mid-80's. She returned my call just before noon. She and Hein were driving back home to Union Bay, from Nanoose, where they were picking up a car this morning that Hein had purchased. When she phoned, they were near Parksville, about half an hour south of us, and would be passing by us on their way home to Union Bay. They stopped at the RV park we were at, and we had lunch together in the trailer. After lunch, and visiting for awhile, Hein headed back to Union Bay in his new car, and Pam waited for us to hitch up, and follow her in her car back to their place. When we got to Pam and Hein's home, high on a hill overlooking the Strait Of Georgia, we decided that their driveway was too steep, and narrow, to get the trailer up. We drove a mile further, and parked in the parking lot of The Highwayman Pub, owned by Pam's mother.

We got the trailer unhitched, and set up, then drove back to Pam and Hein's house. We spent the rest of the afternoon visiting, and drinking wine. Pam prepared supper for us, and we continued visiting, and drinking wine, until late in the evening. I borrowed a phone jack in their home, and got online to retrieve e-mail, and update my blog, then showed Pam and Hein some of the photos of our travels, before we left to return to the trailer parked behind her mom's pub.

DSK