Cathedral Grove

Posted by & filed under Camping on Vancouver Island, Daytripping on Vancouver Island, family life, Flora and Fauna, Gulf Island Lifestyle, Holidays and Special Events, Kids, West Coast Living.

This past weekend my husband and I had a couple of days off and met up with some friends from Vancouver and camped at the Living Forest campground in Nanaimo.  We spent one of the days with them and our girls heading up to Coombs and continuing on to Cathedral Grove (MacMillan Provincial Park).  The… Read more »

Birthday Weekend

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What a lovely day for a birthday, Saturday was warm and sunny and the scent of wild roses was in the air.  All 12 of us (6 adults, 4 children and 2 dogs) convened in the rec room for birthday cake and ice cream and then we gathered in the garden to enjoy the last rays of… Read more »

Helping Hands

Posted by & filed under Buy Local, Causes, Food, fundraising, Gabriola Island, Gulf Island Lifestyle, Holidays and Special Events, volunteering, West Coast Living.

On June 9th Robert of Robert’s Place will be donating food and time to cook up a lunch as a fundraiser for People for a Healthy Community!  The cost of lunch will be by donation and all the funds raised will be donated to PHC.  PHC recently got word that the Gaming Commission grant money… Read more »