Old Water tower - Qualicum Bay

We were out garage saling on Saturday morning and got way off the beaten track.  Neat to come across this old water tower that we just had to get a couple of pictures of.  

Woohoo!!

How often have you witnessed your odometer ticking over to 200,000 km.  Our Honda Accord has served us very well since we bought it in 2000.  It had about 76,000 on it.

Corn Pops & Chocolate Milk Mix

Clayton's breakfast of champions! 

Roadside find

 Debra's friend Margaret keeps an eye out for any good pieces of furniture for Debra to refinish and a few weeks ago Margaret and her girlfriend found this piece of furniture for free on the side of the road.
The piece was in very bad shape, the picture above is after all the repairs and sanding.

 ....and this is the after.

Several pieces of the original hardware were missing, but Debra had bought these years ago at a Garage Sale.  They are of the same vintage and style as  the original, so these really suit this piece.

This is the label on the back.  Neat hey?  This was originally intended for resale, but we like the piece so much it just might have to stay. :)

Those Amazing Young Men in their Flying Machines

Trista and I took a walk along the Dallas Road waterfront very near to where she lives and watched these guys hovering and going back and forth with the wind.  Looks like loads of fun!

World's Tallest Toten Pole - Beacon Hill Park

The Totem was recently repainted back to it's original glory.  It's height is 127' 7".  

Our hottest day of the year (I think)

Yowza!  It was 30 degree's in Port Alberni this afternoon when we were there.  Victoria had it's heat as well.

Cathedral Grove

After spending an enjoyable late last evening and this morning with Mom and Dad R, Debra and I travelled to Port Alberni to see what the garage sales there were like.  Today, it was poor.  However, we did have an amazing fish and chip lunch at the Clam Bucket Restaurant, and stopped at Cathedral Grove to walk amongst the giants.  

(Thanks for that tip M&D) 

Decendants of Treebeard?

On the highway travelling to Port Alberni, very near Coombs.  These are amazing driftwood creatures.  Very well done. 

Parksville Beach

We travelled up island today to see Mark and Linda at the store and deliver a few more pieces of furniture.  After the drop off, Debra stayed with Linda at the store and I dropped by Parksville Beach to get my toes wet in the Pacific Ocean.  It was a bit windy so the kites were out and there were lots of families out enjoying the water and weather.