Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Great weekend! (Vancouver Island and Swiftsure)

Oops, I put these pics in mixed up order...oh well! Above, with Rose at Botanical Beach, below, sunset at French Beach...
Swiftsure start
Finished! Tired but happy!
Botanical Beach


Peter, Matt, Brandon, Adrian and Jay getting ready!

What a great weekend...and total change of pace to get ready for things to be at a different pace for the summer!

Jay crewed with Adrian on Idefix in the Swiftsure (race from Victoria to Neah Bay and back). I'll let him guest blog his experience separately.

As for me, I took the ferry up and met them for the festivities on Friday night, then saw them off for the race in the morning. After that, I spent a lovely 24 hours camping with my dear friend Rose, which involved driving a beautiful road, taking a beautiful hike, seeing the perfect bear and having dinner on the beach at sunset before smores and crashing in the tent.

Sunday I welcomed them all back after their awesome win and we all headed for home.

This even gave most of a holiday to chill out and home and get a few things done.

Amazing: great people, great camp and pub food, lots of sun, new experiences, beautiful scenery, on and on!