Ucluelet!
One of our New Year’s Resolutions was to see a new part of the island every month. A couple of weekends ago we drove out to the West Coast to the fishing/tourist town of Ucluelet and just poked around.
Man, there’s a lot of development out there since the last time I was there. All these huge houses that while beautiful, seem excessive.
We took a little detour on route to Ucluelet up to a campsite at the base of Kennedy Arm in Barkely Sound. It was a gorgeous area and seemed like a fabulous place to start a kayak trip when summer comes round (which is getting closer and closer! hee!). The drive up to the campsite was a bit annoying since it is along a forestry road and driving forestry roads is hard on your ass. A lot of bumping around.
We walked along the Wild Pacific Trail for a bit, checked out some of the beaches, and had our picnic lunch at the lighthouse.
After lunch we took another detour to Port Albion to see what’s there. Nothing, in case you ever feel the urge to go there, don’t. It’s just a fishing town and reserve. Although it did have this gorgeous abandoned boat on one of the beaches, and I’m a sucker for an abandoned boat.
Of course, since we were on the West Coast we couldn’t go home without first talking a stroll on Long Beach. I just love Long Beach, its always breathtaking and always something interesting happen. This day was no exception as we got to watch a seagull attacking a crab. My heart ached for the crab, but it was still fascinating to see.
Making True on the Occassional Promise
I don’t know if I mentioned this or not, but just after Christmas Steve and I treated ourselves to an adult bedroom. After years of sleeping on the floor and mis-matched hand-me-down furniture we took the plunge and spent the big money. I don’t know about you, but I find it painful to spend money when I have things that are working just fine. Even if said things are ugly.
Behold our new bedroom. Its all matchy-matchy. I had a really hard time with the matchy-matchy at first because nothing in my house is that matchy. Its a little like sleeping in a show home.
Clearly I need new lamps as this furiture makes my current lamps look like toys.
Also before Christmas I kept telling you that I’d been knitting. I have been, but in typical Amber fashion I gave away most of those projects without taking a picture. I did remember to take a picture of the wool sweaters I knitted for my friend’s twins. They turned out super cute, although the grey one was a bit warped and I sort of wished I fixed it, but didn’t.
oy.
well, will you look at that – I was right, it is a Minority Conservative government. Me smart.
Of course, me not so smart when it comes to school. I buggered off to Calgary for a week and neglected my studies which means I neglected ordering this stupid video I need to watch by Friday for my homework that is due on Saturday. Sometimes I annoy myself. Why didn’t I order the damn thing at the beginning of the semester?! I also just noticed that staples are a big no-no and my last assignment was stapled. Who the FUCK puts the kibosh on staples and requests paperclips? Honestly? I’ll probably lose marks for that, too.
So, now the question is, do I cancel my Thursday dinner plans to drive all the way to Victoria to watch this video, or do I just suck it up and read the notes about the video online and make do? For the record, Victoria is a 2.5 hour drive. One way.
Today is the end of all those annoying commercials. Hallefuckinglujah.
So Canadians, I know its annoying to have to go vote again when it feels like we just had a federal election, but it’s a small price to pay for our democratic freedom.
GO VOTE
Now that’s a scary looking page!
Which I suppose means I have to update!
My trip to Calgary was good! I didn’t have a car, and often didn’t have internet access, so I was a bit out of the loop. Sorry Sab and Christine, I didn’t get your number until it was too late! I was thinking about you on Tuesday, though, Sab! Hope you had a wonderful birthday! And Mom drove me by the outside of your new place on the way to my eldest step-sister’s house – what an amazing neighbourhood! And the condo looked fantastic on the outside!
Now that I’m home, I have a million errands to do, so I’ll update something more interesting later.
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