Once In A Blue Moon Farm Eastsound

So after an hour or the bus and sky train we arrived at Tsawwassen Bay ferry terminal and boarded to make the trip over to Vancouver Island, we were met at Schwatz Bay by our host Rowena. This was to be our first couch surfing experience in a while, since Calgary in fact, and it was good to have that sense of nervous expectation again when meeting our host.

Rowena was so easy to talk to, she was fantastic in coming to meet us and putting us at ...

... Country in between Vernon and Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley. It was a perfect road trip - music from my Zune loud and clear, dry, uncrowded roads, supreme, constantly changing scenery.
I love BC! Every time I drive through it I'm reminded that it's the most beautiful place in the world.

... break and therefore well populated with young people. The surf swimming was great. We spent (3) days in San Antonio but again hit some poor weather. We toured the city: Alamo, River Centre, River Walk and a tour boat on the river. The downtown area is beautiful; new and old.



The next leg was not so much fun. We had (4) one-nighters in a row: (2) in Texas and (1) each in New Mexico and south eastern Arizona before arriving in Casa Grande AZ for ...

... a short walk. It was really sweet. The mausoleum was painted and the table and chairs were repaired from last year, which was nice to see. The walk was very refreshing, and we went back to the cabin. We then hung out around the cabin for a while because Kendyll fell asleep on Grandma's bed, and we thought it would be neglectful to leave her alone there. Once she woke up, she and Nana Cheryl went to the slide at the pool, and Geoff, Grandma and I went to the docks for a while to sit and ...

25 Agustus Bellingham City - Barry Home Di rumah Barry saya menginap selama satu hari dan siangnya saya berangkat ke kota Bellingham, disana saya menginap selama satu malam untuk kemudian pagi harinya melanjutkan perjalanan ke Seattle dan balik ke Indonesia. Rumah Barry adalah tipikal rumah pertanian, dia memiliki ayam, anjing, dan bahkan seekor kuda bernama Simeron (saya memanggilnya Simon!). Di rumah Barry saya belajar bercocok tanam dan memelihara binatang peliharaan...hehehe...

... which has an indoor market with hundreds of food stalls, selling exotic fruits, cheeses, meats and pastries. Naturally we bought lunch there. Granville Isand is full of arty and artisan stores, and was a great neighbourhood to explore. Then Jen dragged Brian on up to look for a bikini - (Splish Spash is great shop thanks Donna, and just within walking distance, if you have all day as we did). Another good night out with ...

... night was fantastic. We went to an Italian restaurant off the beach on Espanola Way. Much like restaurants in Italy, the waiters randomly broke out into song and displayed their signature Italian bravado. I ordered soup as a starter, Gnocchi and pesto, with wine and Pellegrino. Well, I had a heart attack when the bill came. My dinner cost me $80! I am not in Argentina anymore. While having coffee this morning, I noticed that the people of South Beach ...

... that night. We of course had no idea what screech was. He asked who was brave and decided that I looked brave, so I told him I would do a shot. Oh no, that's not good enough. I had to wear a yellow fisherman's hat, repeat some crazy jibberish after Ori, take my shot, and kiss a wooden fish. Then the other bartenders rang a bell. Oh goodness. Gotta love those Nova Scotians.

... and trees, it was just beautiful and a big change from New York. We walked back to the guest house, did our washing from New York and watched a DVD before going to bed. Tuesday 23 August 2005 We woke this morning at 7 am probably as we'd fell asleep quite early last night. The little church across the road had its bells ringing for a long time so my ear plugs worked wonders! We went down to the kitchen and made some breakfast. We were planning on going to ...

... it all on my camcorder!] There was no time to hang about though as you could see Erik was getting twitchy about missing the next bus, so we quickly changed and with numb toes headed over a suspension bridge, and up hundreds of steps to the main road and to the bus stop. True to his word, the bus was there in 2 minutes. So far Erik has been spot on, i can see why he is so persistent about not stopping unless it was absolutely important. He had a time plan and ...