A Visit to Nanaimo

Ray arrived on Sunday afternoon, very tired but happy to be reunited with Freya and I. He took it easy for a few days to recover and then we left for the island on Thursday morning to stay at Kristi and Jason's. Jason had all of our stuff moved from our storage locker into Kristi's storage locker at her office with some of it taken to their house to sort out. He even set up our bed for us in the spare room downstairs in the basement suite. We've not slept on this bed for almost 6 years. Thanks a bunch Jason.  Once back home I sorted through the boxes that Jason had delivered to the house. Most of it would go back into storage but managed to find my sheets for our bed.

Kristi was working today and Jason was running errands when we arrived, so after dropping off Freya with Kristi's dogs, Ray and I went out to lunch at our favorite sushi place, Nori's by Costco. Yumm.

After full tummies, Ray and I did a little bit of clothes shopping for him, checking out some January Sales.

As Kristi had meetings all evening as well, Ray and I took Jason out to the Beefeaters for dinner. It was just okay ... nothing to write home about! We all had the prime rib ... very small portions.

Friday morning was "doggy daycare day". Kristi and I elected to drop all three dogs off early instead of waiting for them to be picked up at 9:30. The people she uses are fantastic and the dogs really love going as they get a long hike every day. They are certainly tired when they come back. Freya actually calms down and sleeps.

Freya and Zeus

This morning we'd arranged to look at a few "properties" to get a feel of what Nanaimo prices were currently and what they had to offer. We cannot purchase anything over here until Dad's house is sold, whenever that will be, but we wanted to get a "feel" for this area. Ray and I still want to continue taking the motorhome to the states for the winters.  We just want to get back into the real estate market now so our purchase increases whether we live in it for summers or rent it out for a couple of years. After our morning adventures we took Kristi to Pirates Chips for lunch, downtown Nanaimo. We had been there before but Kristi had not. Very eclectic place and great fish and chips. Next Kristi came with us for a few errands ... more clothes for Ray. lol

Blurry camera shot, it's not your eyes.

Saturday, Kristi had a course at the hospital and then she had another course to re-certify in rock climbing later in the afternoon. While she was gone, it was time to sort out the storage locker at Kristi's office. Ray and I needed to go through the stuff and pitch out items that we no longer need after 6 years of living in a motorhome. We still had a lot of camping stuff from our days at Macktush and old dishes etc. The best part was I had kept my dress clothes and winter coats and it was nice to get them back for our "city living" days for the next several months. It was quite the job and Jason did the majority of it for us. Wow what a son-in-law. He also took a utility trailer load of stuff to the dump for us after we had sorted through the stuff.  Jason was pretty sore after all of this and ended up having to have a lay down as did Ray.

A bunch of stuff gone and more room for furniture that we will take from Dad's once the house is sold.

Once Kristi got back home we took them for dinner at the Wheatsheaf Pub in Cedar which is close by their house.

Definitely a devil look for Jason, especially the "lit horns" lol

Back at home, a little TV and then it was early to bed again. We just cannot seem to stay awake after 9:30 pm.

Sunday, our last day here, Kristi headed out for her 10 am golf lesson and Jason headed out for his fly fishing clinic at the Englishman River. Ray considered going but sitting or standing at a riverbank for a couple of hours is too hard so opted out even though he was invited. A lazy morning for us waiting for Kristi to get back home.

Once Kristi was back, we had a little bite to eat and then all of us piled into her SUV to take the dogs for a walk, although the primary purpose was to check out a piece of land in Yellow Point. It was too foggy to see the view but a nice outing never the less.

Back home Kristi made us a roast beef dinner using her InstantPot that I got her for Christmas. Yumm. Thanks Kristi and Jason for putting up with the "old folks" for a few days. We had a great time and your basement suite set up for us is awesome. It is lovely to have our own bed back.

Monday morning found us on the 7:45 am ferry back to the mainland and back to the house by 10:30. Hard to believe that this is "home" for us for the next several months. Does not feel right yet.