Saltspring part 3

After the Olympics Nigel and family headed back to Vancouver to go back to real life and Paul and Elizabeth (Tim’s parents) arrived after a marathon journey from Tanzania. 

Before their arrival, Tim took his Uncle Peter, cousins Alex, Jeremy and Ryan, Georgia and Karen on a little boat ride to Wallace Island, a marine park near Saltspring. 

Cousin Alex

Jetting along

Just before we pulled into the marina, the tank ran dry on the boat. Tim switched it over to the full tank but unfortunately flooded the engine. 

Tim waiting for the flooded engine to clear.

After waiting quite a while and trying to start it a number of times, we decided to start paddling. Uncle Peter paddled from his corner and the rest of us took turns trying to keep up with him. Another boat came out and towed us to the dock. The gang went for a walk while Tim stayed behind and fixed the boat.

The lost cabin at Wallace

Over the next few days Peter and family returned to Vancouver as well as Leanne and her crew leaving just us with the grandparents. 

G and Mimi

The boys retrieving Georgia's ball from the water

We went out for a nice meal and had Todd and Melody over for dinner with their two kids.

We also went to another après-Olympics BBQ over at Maracaibo and enjoyed hanging out with Tim’s old friends. Luckily one of their daughters looked after G for the night and gave T and K a chance to have a socialise with the adults [the younger set].

Hanging out with Dad

Karen with Val and Amy