Best weather ever! Not a drop of rain for 2 months. So the second part of my summer vacation was spent camping on the west coast of Vancouver Island, visiting artists in Washington, sailing, biking, having picnics and ended with two milestones! LOT'S OF PHOTOS!!!
Tofino
Our annual camping trip to
Long Beach on the west coast of Vancouver Island for the fifth annual Strathcona Surf Contest. We camp with Dori and Dustin but are joined
at the campsite and contest with anywhere from 8 to 12 others. Arnt won the trophy this year.
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| Get your board! |
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| have grill ready |
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| have lots of wood |
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| bring your bike |
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| set up camp |
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| marshmallows |
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| music |
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| more music |
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| share your instruments |
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| pack up your board for the beach ride |
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| bring the girl surfers |
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| Judge Dori taking names and setting up categories |
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| everyone is ready to go! |
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| Strathcona Surf Club |
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| audience |
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| Bertrand saying goodbye to his trophy |
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| costumes are a category |
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| Chef Board R D |
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| HULA GIRL |
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| she surfed in this dress |
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| dueling chefs |
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| big banana |
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| DOTTY |
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| judge sizing us up and we are off |
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| everyone has their own style |
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| am I having enough fun |
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| SSC team photo |
Arnt designed the T's. Sent Ken Lum thank you for inspiration and he emailed back "Happy Surfing"
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| boys brought the bar with drinks called "sex on the beach" |
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| awww! to the surf gods! |
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| bring on the dancing girls |
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| happy surfers |
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| some continue playing |
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| others chill |
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| Beckly made the fire |
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| now she is chillaxing |
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| taco night at our camp |
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| Julien and Marie Claude are having a taco off |
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| Arnt is the winner of the day by standing on his head on his board and also surfing facing backwards! |
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| moved camp to Uke |
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| Dori's camp |
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| Dustin's office |
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| Beckly's office |
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| will the surf come up? or do we start eating? |
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| Beckly checking her email |
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| Arnt loves his new barbecue |
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| Arnt manning the Q |
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| Arnt and Dori menu |
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| Arnt grilling again |
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| Dori whipping up the veg |
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| nothing like grilled corn |
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| Tofino's waterfront getting a great makeover |
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| car of Tofino |
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| the day's catch |
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| do not leave your groceries or coolers unattended |
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| take time to walk in the woods |
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| Bye Bye see you all next year! |
Our friends from LA, Ca and Santa Fe, NM have a cottage in La Connor, Washington. The timing was right to pay them a visit.
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| Arnt, Kent & Norma |
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| La Connor industry |
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| Now an art gallery |
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| La Connor has Norwegians |
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| baby birds over the doorway |
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| Lucky Dumpster-half thrift-half art gallery |
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| storefront |
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| art gallery |
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| active wood mill |
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| storage? |
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| fishing shack on the river |
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| fishing shack on the river |
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| beautiful barns in the valley with Mount Baker backdrop...I photographed a lot of them and will make a book |
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| a little of her amazing garden |
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| Arne's studio (now deceased but his partner keeping it alive) |
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| Arnt was loving the space and the tools |
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| one of his sculptures |
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| Kent's studio and a few of his paintings |
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| then there was performance art |
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| my partner in crime |
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| lovely sunset over the valley |
Our yearly sailing trip on Odin with Rob and Sharon on ERN. Even though our motor died (I mean it is now an anchor) we finished our trip with sailing when we could and being towed by by ERN when there was no wind.
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| ERN under sail |
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| rafted up at Sargent Bay |
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| Arnt meditating |
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| Arnt chilling |
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| nice rock organization |
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| full moon at 5am |
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| abandoned |
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| also abandoned |
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| nice metal work |
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| how does this tree grow |
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| Feather |
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| baby seal abandoned over night while Mom went fishing..she came back! |
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| Sharon taking the dogs to shore |
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| Alice relaxing |
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| boys fishing |
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| success |
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| ling cod and spot sprawn soup caught by us and cooked by Rob |
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| being towed |
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| dinner on the beach |
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| final night at Codfish Cod |
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| apple pancakes by Arnt |
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| Arnt ordering up our new motor |
End of our summer vacation meant we were in Vancouver for most of August which we are usually still away. So we spent many days on our bikes around the city. Some cool events we noticed were: 6 pianos were placed around the city and anyone could play. Saw some amazing performances. See http://www.youtube.com/user/Paneficio1/videos for one evening piano performance. Outdoor movies, music & picnics were all good.
OUR TWO MILESTONES
35 years together and 20 years in our wonderful home and studios!!
We celebrated by having a few couples over for music and dinner on the deck. Our friends are an important part of our treasure trove of memories.
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| www.firesidewoodwindquintet.com |
http://www.youtube.com/user/Paneficio1/videos for one of their pieces.
Thanks all for catching up with us after the summer....now on to the fall activities!
