We met Bob & Marjorie last winter at Tres Amigos on Isla de la Piedra. Turns out their home is in Toronto, about 45 minutes from 50 Point, where we summer. Over the course of the winter we shared a few cool ones, hung around a bit and became very good friends. We travelled out of Mexico together and have got together 3 or 4 times since we got back.
This weekend we were invited to their “Summer Cottage”, on an island (called Robert’s Island) near Honey Harbour north of Toronto.
Meet our bud Bonita of Pender Harbour. Just look at this lady. Now look beyond the icing. Check out that smile. Yeah, tonight she’s enjoying her birthday party but that grin is permanent. We’ve only known her for a couple of months, but I’m sure we have never seen her without that smile.
We had a little shindig to celebrate her 39th with about a 16 of her closest local friends last night.
Same routine as usual: Water taxi to downtown Mazatlan, jam 14 people in a little red truck designed to carry max 10, ride to restaurant, a couple of drinks, way too much food, repeat red truck and repeat water taxi back to Stone Island. Rest.
Hi Larry,yes that road to Durango is something else.Lee and I came back that way when we came back from Cancun to Cabo.From Durango to Mazatlan it was about 7 hours if I remember right.Also you missed nothing by not going to Durango,that the place where we had to stay in that motel were they lock you in for the night,and have Dogs on the roofs to stop anyone from getting in over the top!………Garth
We are sitting in the Pacific Border RV Park, in fact we have been since last Friday. We are right on the Canadian/US border, the park is on Zero avenue and we are ready for the next part of this adventure. Before we move on though, we need to take a minute and reflect on what we have accomplished so far. We talked about our visit to all in Alberta and how great that was, in fact we are still talking about it. The highlight obviousy was the time we spent with Tracy, Mike, Cameron and Abby but it was all amazing.
We lived in BC for a lot of years, so this part of the trip has been away down memory lane, both with the places and the people. In Kamloops we caught up with my sister Leila and her hubby Bob, in Kelowna we had lunch with Vern & Gertie Sandquist, lot’s of catching up there. The old memory train was working over time in Chiliwack, our kids were going through their formative years when we lived there, and then we moved down to this park. Since we have been in Surrey we caught up with Garth & Lee, my aunt Molly and her family in Courtnay. We also connected with Hilda Harder, Cheryl Quinton, Karl & Kathy Hibbs and last night, Anne and Steen Salomon. We have been where we used to live, shop, run,play and just gaze at the stars. It’s been grand!
Today we will have that last look around Vancouver, a very definite soft spot in our hearts, before we prepare to break camp and step accross that so close border. And so we will end the memory part of this trip.
Where next we ask, as we look at the atlas? As much as we have enjoyed meeting all these people, the next 10 days or so we will be on our own and that’s good too. After 29 years she’s still my favorite girl and I think some days she likes me a lot too.
So pack a sandwich, tomorrow we are back on the road.
August 10th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Yummy…just what the doctor ordered! Lovely ‘cottage’.