carlynne and dan left snowy ottawa to visit shareen in victoria and then us in sunny chilliwack. if they had stayed a few days longer they could have enjoyed the concatenation of cherry blossoms, sunshine and snow on the mountains. japanese cherry trees line almost the entire route from the highway to our house. they only missed the blossoms though, it was gorgeously sunny and warm while they were here.
the first day we took them out to the chilliwack river at dusk to scout out some fishing spots for the next day.
niko loves this area. it is webbed with mtn bike trails and he can rip it up.
dan and i went back to this same spot the following day after borrowing some fishing gear. he spent 4 hours fishing for the elusive steelhead salmon while i alternated mountain biking with lying in the sunshine and critiquing his casting technique.
evenings were spent playing video and table games. here is carlynne learning to fly.
uno stacko makes for good photo ops.
thanks carlynne and dan, for making it out to the west coast.
finally i need to document a lovely treat provided by our friend anne. a chocolate covered cherry on an oreo, but so much more!
ps - we miss the olympics.pps- tonight is my last full shift before i go on self imposed paternity leave. whit whoo!
3 comments:
Fly fishing? Sweet! I've learned how to fly fish over the last year and now i'm totally hooked on the sport. I hope you had a steelhead tag!
Can't wait for the baby to arrive! So exciting!
yeah dan sprung for the out of province steelhead tag. now he is licensed to fish for steelhead in bc until the end of the season.
Hey Guys, great post. We had a great time in BC it was actually our best holiday yet. The Steelhead was very elusive. I will be back to get one! Also super cool baby pics. I like the bit about skin to skin contact. I've never really thought about that but it makes a lot of sense they don't really teach us about that in IM.
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