Well I did see this in September, ahhh, one of my favourite beach access points......
The sun rising on Doehle Ave, beauty start to the day!
Try to get down to these beaches at least once a day.....
......always something different......
Recently had a chance to see the Oceanside Generals hockey team. The are a junior A team in Parksville that play in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League. It was a pretty fast game, was impressed. (..and they beat Kerry Park 4-3 in OT, nice!)
Went to the game with this fellow on the left. Greg and I have been friends since we were 14. We met while we were both washing dishes at the same restaurant in Penticton. (That was more than a couple of years ago, wow.)
Him and his wife Gaye came all the way from Innisfail, Alberta just to see us! (Okay, that's a fib, his sister lives close by in Qualicum Beach, so he got to kill two birds with one stone.....)
Well, well. I came home from the hockey game and found all this on the dining room table, could it be?........
....and there they are! (Yes, we saw them in September.) Ritsue's family came from Japan for a visit. Let the games begin!
Took Ritsue's mom and sister for a walk in the hood, which includes the 104 step Doehle Beach Access grind!
Of course happy hour at the Bayside Resort was a Parksville must. Great deals and what a view of the Georgia Strait!
Oh my, this is going to be good! Ritsue and fam picked up fresh salmon fillets at the French Creek Seafood market. Thanks to Ritsue, our kitchen is quickly becoming the best restaurant in Parksville!
One guess where we went exploring the following day. It was a beary nice start to our visit.
The second time here for Ritsue and I and it did not disappoint.
It all happened so fast but they got a quick glimpse of an Orca, yay! (Ha, it was gone by the time I went back to the truck to get binoculars.)
Does not look like it, but Alberni inlet feeds out into the Pacific, how beautiful!
Stopped at Cathedral Grove on the way back. So majestic!
.....and there's a majestic family right there!!
......leaves one a thinking, at least it does for me. Next up.................tbc.
