Category: Road Trips

What is Summer Made of…

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What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails, and puppy dogs tails
That’s what little boys are made of !”
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What are little girls made of?
“Sugar and spice and all things nice
That’s what little girls are made of!”

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And what’s a lovely summer made of?

Well for starters…  

 

P1070950InlandP1070936P1070938P1070952But a summer’s not complete without a trip to visit the best product of old age…the grandbabies…

First the early morning ferry ride as sun comes up…

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And by day’s end the sun is settling to its rest, and we are nearly there…

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…to meet the latest arrival to the family!

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Calvin&GrandMom

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–LS

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Ps.127:3

Covering the miles…

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P1060774 It was that time again…to hop in the car and head east…come what may…to see our favorite grandbabies and their relatives…

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We love the bright wide-open spaces after being so long on the coast nestled amongst green giants under so often gray skies…

 

Out here Angus is more than a burger; P1070005it’s scenery!

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From pasture to patty they go!

 

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Highway miles have their own beauty on the prairies…

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…and their own tonic…

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But in the end it’s worth the effort and the wait… just to get a few days to catch up with these little people who have captured our hearts…

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And then the trek back home…with happy pictures and memories…of homemade play-doh, and swinging and singing and walks, and books and waking up to “Grandmom!”…

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And at last, the final ferry home…

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Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Ps.127:3

–LS

Travels…

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P1050304Took leave of my birthday flowers for the weekend…
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No, we didn’t stay at the Empress, but it was fun to stroll through the lobby.
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… and to wander through the halls and stairwells of the Legislative Assembly Bldg. in downtown Victoria…
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Too picturesque to miss—a fine scene of a lowly seagull…
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P1050369 Just for fun!

P1050390 And off to the mainland to Missions Fest weekend on a ferry we’d never tried—the Coastal Renaissance… with a capacity of 1,650 passengers and 370 vehicles.  We felt a little lost.
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And now we’re ‘home again, home again’ to our quiet little world.
–LS