I will never understand.......

....it's been awhile. Let's start back at the Parksville Beer Festival in July. Cheers and Kanpai! (I finally did understand how to convert my pictures from HEIC format to Jpeg, so I could download them onto this blog!, yeesh!)

 

Really tasted some unique beers. (If I remember correctly, this one was a little too fruity for me, lol.)

Not quite posting the beach pic of the day, but everyday there's something new to see.

Well good morning. No, no, no need to get up, I'll just slide by and head down to.......

,,,,....my favourite beach access and so close to home.

Always something to see.....

The classic, GPS told me to go the other way, but I assumed this, stuck in road construction traffic route was the better way to go, and cost me an extra 15 minutes, pic.

Another day trying to get a glimpse of the whales that we keep hearing about on Facebook. (So far a couple of humpbacks and 3 or 4 orcas. Only with binoculars, though. We'll keep looking!)

Well what a pleasant surprise. Fellow Teamster cast  driving peep Greg was cruising through town and gave me a call. We met for breakfast on one day.......

......and went for a beer on his return trip back to the Mainland. Great visits!

......there he goes in his Westfalia, off on another adventure.

Another day, another viewing way........

......I saw you this time........

.....moved a little farther up the highway towards Qualicum Beach for this shot......

......those clouds got my imagination flowing.......

.....and so does this sculpture at the Parksville Sand Castle Competition.

.... a flashback to the Parksville Seaside Cruiser's June Friday night cruise night, which we enjoyed with Jude and Les.

It actually cruised right down our street, nice! (Many vehicles, lasted over an hour.)

Still figuring out the trails and roads in and around Parksville. I kind of got twisted around (like being in a corn maze) at the Wetlands Trails, south of our place, but all is well. 

Time flies when............

Well, we really are locals now. We miss the Vancouver Canadiens baseball games, but the Nanaimo Night Owls game against the Wenatchee Apple Sox was a lot of fun as well.

 

Summer time, starting to see cruise ships cruising by Parksville, headed where, I'm not sure.

Seems like there is more sky here than in Burnaby, is that possible?

Now that's a lot of food! Ritsue and her friend Akemi who came for a visit, did not even come close to finishing, lol. (I showed restraint and did not participate in the taster tower experience!)

....and just like that, I'm getting closer to catching up, here we are, oops wait a minute, that was Canada Day last year, oops.

....a cooler morning, but still nice to have a coffee in our own back yard.

..on this day, we be yard-saling? in and around Parksville. I bet a lot of the tourists do not get to see this tides out view looking towards Mount Arrowsmith.

....back to the Night Owl's game, it was fun, we wore our own stuff, which is accepted in Vancouver, not sure about Nanaimo. (over-thinking, I'm sure no one really cares one way or the other.)

....not quite the park like setting that you get at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver.

New resident in the neighbourhood......

...sunset at French Creek Marina, how peaceful......

.....until this! (Actually thrilled that Junior and TJ came to visit.....)

When are you guys coming back?!!!! We had such a good couple of days.....

We, like many others in the world, got totally into the Fifa World Cup this year. (Sorry, Japan, and Canada, not this time, although.) Very exciting right up to and including the final between Spain and Argentina.

Nice snack to watch with, too. Home made bread and just the right ingredients to enjoy the final!

A beautiful day to go check out Spider Lake for the first time.

My, we had to find a spot by ourselves on a very crowded day, pic. ((Lots of families enjoying the warm summer day. (...just around the corner, lol...))

The random, why are crabs worth a picture, couldn't resist, pic.

The not so random, Dad making his (in his own mind) world famous pancakes wearing his new apron, pic, phew!

The other side of the French Creek Marina.....

.... and back to one of my favourite views of French Creek again....

Wow! Rick, our neighbour, gave us a couple of salmon fillets from a recent fishing outing. Ritsue turned them into something so special and yummy!

.... one day I will see whales by my favourite beach access, so close to home. (For now it's been great seeing seals, eagles, and the Georgia Strait itself of course.

Wow, on the first day of August, the blog finally made it to Canada Day on July 1st!

We got a little festive this year!

Here we go, the sky's the limit!

What a great Canada Day we shared with the neighbours, so much fun!

This was next on the summer plate and it did not disappoint. A selection of ciders and brews from all over Vancouver Island and the Mainland. 

The walk home was so "Island." The tide was far enough out from Parksville Community Park that we just walked across the sand to the nearest beach access close to our place.

I will see the whales one day, but until then, this eagle pic will suffice.