Over the past year or so, I had been in contact with my cousin Ian in Wales. He’d told me that he, his wife Jacquie and four other relatives or friends would like to come to visit my family here on Vancouver Island. I was delighted, and the visit actually began when Ian and group arrived in Vancouver on September 05th. They had two days exploring in Vancouver then my son Ben and I picked them up at Nanaimo when they disembarked from a B.C. Ferry. We took them home.
L-R: Ian, Rich, Sharon, Hayley, Jacquie and Mike.
One of the first places we took them was Cathedral Grove, located on Highway 4 on Vancouver Island. It’s a site of old growth trees and well worth the visit if you are on our island.
The Comox Valley where I live , is fortunate to have many wonderful places to eat a meal.
While we were eating our meal at the Waverly, Mike a friend of my son Ben walked by. He is a first Nations man who is one of the Komox First Nation here in the valley. Mike invited our group to visit the site where they are carving new totems.
We visited Mt. Washington, our local ski hill, and rode the chair to the top. Mountain bikers do the same then speed downhill. We enjoyed the views.
Perhaps the biggest highlight for the group happened when they took a flight over the valley in a private plane owned by my new friend, Martin.
Martin’s aircraft taking the first 3 of 8 passengers up for their flight over the glacier.
We went many other places which I haven’t shown here. Eventually, Ben and I drove the group to Victoria and spent two nights with them and showing them a little of the city. Before they left, we had a wonderful breakfast (which Ben couldn’t make) at John’s Place on Pandora Ave. in Victoria. If you are ever in the city, I think you’d love this place for its ambience and great food.
It was wonderful having the group visit us. My family and I thoroughly enjoyed having them here. I hope that some, if not all of them will come again one day.
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