Tuesday July 22th to Saturday July 27th
The rest if this week was
spent recuperating from the accident and cleaning the rig. We enjoyed meeting
some people around the resort and spent
lovely evening with a group of Sikh men who invited us over for some ‘hot
stuff’ and conversation… great evening. They brought out some roti and spicy
dip and chicken etc …. Very nice guys. We
also took the opportunity to do some ‘wedding’ shopping and planning and
organizing a ‘cyber’ shower for the happy couple. On Friday we went to some
friends in White Rock for dinner and they gave us a quick tour of the area.
Beautiful! Lovely dinner and it was great catching up with friends from Derek’s
work. We will hopefully have them over for dinner when we move to Burnaby.
On Saturday we packed up and
moved to Burnaby-Cariboo RV resort (site 34) and were set up around noon, so
time to walk to Lougheed Mall to scout around. Decided to get the stitches out
off Janice’s forehead so after a mad
dash by taxi back to the RV, pick up the truck, and get to an after hours
medical clinic… finally got the stitches removed and Janice feels much much
better… just a bit of concealer and nobody will notice the scar.
Sunday July 28th – Saturday Aug 3rd
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| Okay.. you go first Derek |
This week we spent some time
heading down to Vancouver on the Sky-train to visit good friends Dave and Mark,
who made us more than welcome, despite some personal challenges they are
facing. Also saw another good friend
Mich who came to the ‘rig’ for lunch. Had a lovely visit and promised to see each
other again before we leave. Also went
on a 12km walk around Burnaby Lake and picked (and ate) wild blackberries all
the way round… Lovely.!! We had hoped to spend a short time with Evan and Kyle
this week, but it was not to be. Quite disappointing, but he is so very busy
and stressed, getting ready for the big day, which is the reason why we are
here, we are excited ourselves to see our oldest child wed… and to someone we
love too!! How lucky we are.
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| Blackberries everywhere |
We did manage to get a metal
storage box for the bed of the truck and we did some more ‘wedding prep’ shopping
and some preparation for having visitors in the trailer (first will be Braden
and Grant next week and then Derek and Lin in early September).
Janice still suffering some
pretty bothersome concussion symptoms, but happy that she is in one piece and
on the mend. On Saturday night Dave and Mark invited us to join them to see a
Pride week play (Eleanor Rigby, The Untold Story) … it was musical
presentation, with dancing and a narrator and was excellent… totally enjoyed
it. We took the Skytrain back to the RV park and were both rather desperate for
a loo, when we were stopped in our tracks by a huge black bear standing right
by our rig…. Not sure who was more shocked, us or the bear. It was a staring match
for a few seconds, but yogi decided to just lumber into the woods behind our
trailer and we took a nosedive inside, fighting each other to be first for the
loo!!! (Janice says it was a close call when she saw the bear!!!!!)
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| The best ones were always up high |
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| Lovely trees en route |
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| Turtle hanging out in the sun |
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| Got all our ducks in a row |
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| White Pigeon |
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| At the RV site with and ice cream treat |
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| Time to relax on the roof after the walk |
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| Gazebo in front of our RV site |
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| Site 34 Burnaby-Cariboo RV resort. |
After the service we blew bubbles as
they left the church and then, after a photo session, we dropped Braden and Grant
off at the reception Hall (Wise Hall) to help set up, while we drove back to
the RV site to drop the truck off and took a cab back to the reception. What a
fabulous night. The room looked fantastic, thanks to Richard.The reception Evan and Kyle got when
they arrived in the limo was just amazing. The evening started with a stunning
song sung by a friend of Evan and Kyles (brought Janice to tears …. again!!!!) The food was delicious (Buffet style), broken
up by demands for the happy couple to kiss, but with a twist, where the people
asking had to demonstrate (on stage) how Evan and Kyle were to kiss…
great fun!! And then came the
speeches. We both gave speeches, as did
Kyles sister and the best people and Evan and Kyle. All well received. The cake cutting was
emotional as Evan and Kyle used the knife that Derek and Janice and Janice’s
Mum and Dad had used at their weddings. He and Kyle had taken it in to be
re-silvered and it looked beautiful.
Then the dancing began … and
boy did we boogie the night away. It was so good to celebrate this wonderful
day with family and friends. A day and an evening to remember. Evan and Kyle
got a great send off in their limo with the remaining guests standing in lines
with sparklers and a big cheer. We
headed back to the RV on a cab and then Derek, Janice, Grant and Braden had a
very special time with a private family nightcap/toast to our beautiful, colourful
(and now extended) family and to the success of the day… we laughed and talked
into the early hours and loved every minute of it.
