Of the Month-of-Travel.
We arrived in Vancouver (or, rather, a suburb thereof) yesterday evening, after a delightful day of travel (after a somewhat rushed travel-prep). Somewhat rushed because we ended up going hiking on our last day on Orcas Island, instead of cleaning and packing, because the weather was spectacular, and we just don’t know when we’re going to get back to our beloved Orcas again. Some day, of course, but when?
Oh and we also went to Orcas Pottery.
This would be a nice place to build a house…
The travel was delightful because…views like this:
And no line at all at the border, though the border guard was a little curious about all the boxes in our car. “It looks like you’re moving.” Er, no, we’re just on the road for a month, sir. No really.
We found our house-trade-house easily enough (even though it was rush hour), and met our delightful house-trade partners, who fed us a delicious meal and made us feel at home in their amazing house.
Which has three front doors.
And gorgeous hand-painted windows, and many many stairs, and ceilings as tall as two people standing on each other’s heads, and so much wonderful.
They are restoring the house, and are not done yet, so there are less-amazing elements (like the tiny galley kitchen)–
–but even that works fine. We made ourselves a nice dinner this evening. I’m not complaining.
I just hope our nice trade-partners aren’t TOO disappointed with our house. 🙂
We hope to see more of Vancouver proper in the coming days, though we both have lots of work to do. We took a nice errand-and-lunch walk today, before settling down to productivity all afternoon. We’ve contacted a few local friends and are setting up some social engagements. But mostly, I think this time is going to be about getting stuff done, and trying to get a little rest in the process. Much as I like innkeeping, I’m SO GLAD nobody has to get up tomorrow morning to make breakfast for anyone. Just sayin’.