July 2019 – Dory the Explorer

Long walks and a hatchet

I decided I won’t be trekking up the hill to get more of that amazing Salt and Straw ice cream, partly because I would have continued to eat the same two amazing flavours and partly because I was becoming a little portly. I think I may be a little allergic to milk.Today was all aboutContinueContinue reading “Long walks and a hatchet”

In which I become a leeetle bit of a food critic

The night before, I had gone to bed at 10:30.At around 11:15, the door opened and a new roomie came in. We each have a lamp near our bed. New roomie turned on the bright main light; probably to find her lamp, I thought hopefully.Nope. The light stayed on for over an hour as newContinueContinue reading “In which I become a leeetle bit of a food critic”

In which the language of coffee is NOT universal

I woke early today, got dressed and walked straight out to the bus depot. Today was Fremont Day!I jumped on the 41. Three fare enforcers, looking rather a lot like police swaggered around the bus. An unfortunate fare evader climbed on board. To his credit, he held his own for a while, pretending to lookContinueContinue reading “In which the language of coffee is NOT universal”

In which I discover delicious ice-cream, oh…. and also Seattle

Breakfast at Sheri’s house this morning was lovely. She made the best banana bread. Her brother and his wife are in town so they came over.Her brother all these years later, still talks like every RVA boy ever. He cracked me up!It was a short visit, because my alarm went, so Sheri kindly dropped meContinueContinue reading “In which I discover delicious ice-cream, oh…. and also Seattle”

Sheri’s and my 10 hour tourist extravaganza

Pretty much just a photo blog post. It has been too busy!Sheri and I put in a 10 hour day yesterday! She is fabulous company.I didn’t know an introvert could spend 10 hours in the company of another human when isn’t work.But Sheri is like a unicorn in terms of an exploring companion. We hadContinueContinue reading “Sheri’s and my 10 hour tourist extravaganza”

Sightseeing the Inner Harbour

We had a leisurely start to the morning with a cup of tea and looking through old photos.Sheri drove us into the Inner Harbour area for our day of sightseeing.Victoria’s streets are lush with vegetation, baskets overflowing with potted towers hang from windows, lampposts and along the streets.As we walked towards Fisherman’s Wharf we stumbledContinueContinue reading “Sightseeing the Inner Harbour”

Canada-bound

I chugged down a quick coffee, and a bowl of corn chips for breakfast on ‘goodbye’ day. Did I mention the half and half before? This is my first experience of half and half. Fellow Aussies may not know, but it is half milk/ half cream!AND……. some coffee shops down here offer a special halfContinueContinue reading “Canada-bound”

Full Day

Yesterday is going to be a write-off really as far as in-depth blogging.We woke early to get in as much chat time before heading out for a morning of exploring. A group of us drove into pretty Port Townsend. We caught the ferry across to Fort Casey, built to protect Puget Sound against ship attacks.ContinueContinue reading “Full Day”

Reunion- full day

I think I last left off when I was overcome with jet lag at around 10:30 at my school friend Lynette’s house.Her daughter had very kindly given up her room so I had privacy and she slept out in the living room.I felt a wave of unconsciousness sweep over me and gave myself over toContinueContinue reading “Reunion- full day”

Second leg

By the time I boarded the tiny plane bound for Seattle, I had to pick my eyelids off the floor and drag them along with me. The air steward making all the announcements, spoke in what sounded like a language very close to English, where you could ALMOST follow what she was saying, but notContinueContinue reading “Second leg”