The Voice of Supertramp - Listening to them in the car brought back memories of being a teenager in Spain in the 1970's/80's - my sister and I both listened to a lot of Supertramp! These are just some links of him solo in different concerts, some with an orchestra, great especially Give A Little Bit.
School http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CskW6DD8MGA&feature=related
Long Way Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtIBl131BIM&feature=related
The logical Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcX1qA1Etc8&feature=related
Give a little bit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Uicc-6I-M&NR=1
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
On Wednesday July 28th we started on our annual drive to BC. Leaving Calgary we started through the picturesque Rockies past Kananaskis Country and Canmore past Banff.
For the first night we stopped in Sicamouse at the Best Western and had a lovely time in the pool, hot tub and free breakfast the next morning with waffles etc. While we were there we had ice cream at the Dutchman Dairy, fior tasty Ice Cream on a farm where the kids could pet the cows, see a camel and a donkey.
The next day we arrived in Vancouver at the Tswassen Ferry we bumped into Gail and Donna returning from their trip to the UK and Tenerife - they were only a few lanes away from us.
Eric drove much of the way, and was very excited about it!
Tigger is Jessies special friend in the back seat.
Jessica, Aunty Gail and Eric at the ferry
Our first stop was at Michelle and Dick's in Sidney where we had a lovely visit with our cousins
Jessie and Cousin Danielle
With my sister Michelle
Eric, Cousin Stephen and Uncle Dickie
Eric and cousin Stephen
Some of the Deerfolk that Dickie makes
More Deerfolk
Dickie's latest Grape Trelis
Michelle and Dickie's rambling garden
Dickie's outdoor Garden Beer Lounge
More relaxing garden
There are Veggie patches, Berrie Patches, rose bushes, there are many lovely areas to see
How many cousins does it take to put up a tent?
Some flowers in the garden
Cousin Bevin with Jessica and cousin Stephen
On Saturday we went to Parksville for the Show and Shine Car show that David likes to be in and there was a sandcastle competition, we had a lovely day at Rathtrevor beach with Uncle John and made our own sand castles
While David, John and Eric played golf, Jessie and I walked to Rathtrevor beach
Jessie did some handstands
Will need to get the final shots from Uncle John because the project was incomplete at this point.
Milk shakes and our favourite legendary burgers at the Whitespot in Parksville/Qualicum YUMMY!
The next day David headed back to Calgary on the 6:20am ferry and we headed to Sproat Lake
Our family has had this spot on Sproat Lake outside Port Alberni since the early 1960's when my grandparents purchased the property with a 2 bedroom cabin there. My sister and I spent many childhood summers here with friends and family and I learned to swim and dive right off of this warf. My uncle eventually built this house here and now we visit with my kids, so it has been a wonderful family vacation spot for generations.
Every August long weekend, my Uncle hosts a gathering of his university chums and cousins, now with their wives, and their grown up kids, again this has been a tradition now for a couple of generations, they come in tents, campers and some stay in the house. When we arrived, some of them were still there and so we had a visit and a cold one on the dock.
Al took Don and then Eric out on the hobie cat
The kids had their first swim as soon as they got there
Getting the "diaper" on Eric for the hobie cat sail
Off they go!
Good wind so they go off across the lake
Uncle Al took us on some boat rides and the kids went skiing around the lake
Al took us to a neat pebble beach area with great views of the lake and mountains
Despite many large homes built along the water these days, there are still many natural untouched areas and small islands
Some of the guys jumped off of this rock into the lake below, it was quite high up
Al parked the boat on this little pebble beach
Al and the kids climbed up the rocks and took some pictures of the view
On the way back Al went very fast!
The kids wanted to go waterskiing
Jess went first
and went around the lake for a while
The next day after more skiing Jess also went out on the hobie cat
Our last day we returned to Sidney to say cheerio to Aunty Mich and Uncle Dickie and the cousins and then stopped our last night in Kamloops with our friends Toni and Troy and their girls Diara and Kayla.
Stopped at Cathedral Grove and admired the big trees
The kids cooled off in the pool while Toni and I enjoyed some wine and caught up on the past year, it was Troys birthday so Diara had made him cupcakes and cookies.
Pippa and Cooper entertained us, they were cute!
Great holiday but too short, can't wait till the next one!
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