idle musings

Mike and I went to the Island for five days for some much needed R&R after the craziness that is retail during Christmas. We stayed with his grandparents in Campbell River for two nights, then drove over to Ucluelet and stayed there for two nights as well.

His grandparents have seven Burmese cats – they used to breed them, but one of them caught a virus at the vet, came home and infected the rest, and so they ended up keeping everyone. I absolutely fell in love with them, especially Jasper. Burmese are very friendly and talkative, and they love to snuggle with each other or humans. Both nights I had a couple kitties under the covers with me.

Pictures under the cut.

Angelique and Nishka.

Jasper hanging out with me.

Yoda and Sweet Pea are on either side of the bed. Jasper decided it looked comfortable so he smooshed his way in.

We went out for breakfast and ate so much. Two full breakfasts each, plus eggs benny to share. In our defence, we thought we were stocking up because we were not sure what the drive over the pass would be like. Turned out to be just fine going over – coming back was another story. There was a layer of fresh snow on the road, plus more falling at the highest level, but we took our time and my Civic did just fine.

The view from our balcony.

Two dogs romping around at Long Beach.

Chesterman Beach, right by the Wickaninnish Resort.

Soaking up the sunshine.

I love the ocean.

The private hot tub on our balcony.