BC Family Day Travel

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If you are looking to come visit beautiful Gabriola Island BC Ferries is letting kids ride free over the BC Family Day long weekend, see below for more information and a link to the media release. “BC Ferries is providing free fare for all children 11 years of age and under traveling with their family… Read more »

Eating to fight the flu!

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It is the time of year were I try to make sure that the majority of the food we are eating is of benefit to the immune system. On Gabriola right now we like many parts of the country have a nasty flu making the rounds, so to fight it I made a yummy immune… Read more »

Visiting Gabriola…

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This week between Christmas and New Year’s we have had some off island visitors so we opted to try something we have not done yet.  We decided to head out to Horne Lake and check out the caves. We went in the off season which meant that we could not do the guided tour but… Read more »

Christmas Festivities on Gabriola

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Today was packed full of Christmas fun for all! To start the morning out right I made Gingerbread Waffles with spiced maple syrup and for Dave and I, Baileys with our coffee. At 9:40 my mum came and picked up our eldest daughter for a first time visit to the United Church. She held up… Read more »