Well, we made it to Hills. As we got closer we thought every driveway was their road. We brought a much needed rain shower with us. Apparently, they had not had a good shower in over a month. We caught up with Bay, John and Nancy (John’s sister) at the house. Skye, Ronato, Kai and Pippin showed up after the rain and the cousins had an exciting time meeting each other. Pippin and Alden are about the same age. They have hit it off. Kai and Tilghman are pretty far apart in age, but Tilghman is studying his older cousin closely.

Every time I huff and puff up the hill to Bay and John’s house I’m astounded at their levels of fitness. Bay’s garden is straight out of a magazine. Laura is positively salivating to get in there and give Bay a hand. John is busy making a screen for his sister’s window in true John style. He was explaining how he got this drill press at Canadian Tire 75% off, but it was giving him fits because it was designed so poorly. I just smiled. Good old John.

Bay & John have a gorgeous little cabin down the hill from their house where Skye & Ronato stay. We have joined them down here and picked up where we left off over ten years ago. Yesterday was hot and sunny, so we headed down to New Denver to a rocky beach on the Slocan Lake. The water is clear and very “refreshing.” We spent the day in a cycle of baking in the sun and cooling off in the lake. We are busy eating pancakes at the moment with similar plans for today.