Today started wonderfully, sitting outside in a chair in front of the ocean and enjoying a cup of coffee. This truly is a very nice place to visit. We took it easy in the morning, as we didn't have a ton of stuff planned for today. We drove out to Little Qualicum Falls and spent a little over an hour walking around a series of beautiful water falls. Sandra has always loved waterfalls - heck even the sound of running water is something she enjoys - so she had a great time and took a ton of pictures. The boys enjoyed it for the first half, but then started to get tired. Once we were done the walk, we stopped for lunch.
Our next stop was around an hour drive to the town of Comox, where we were going to briefly meet Steph and part of her family, whom we haven't seen for quite a few years. We arrived early, so walked down to the marina park, where the BC Grey Cup festival was setting up an inflatable Grey Cup and had some games and music. We watched for a bit and then Bradley, Sandra and I took turns throwing footballs into big garbage cans. I chuckled at the state of the CFL, as in some small town on Vancouver Island, the turnout of people in full fan gear was one Rider fan, one Elks fan and one Lions fan. And I guess you could include me, with my Rider hat. Too many Rider fans for what was a BC event.
We then grabbed some ice cream and spent a couple of hours visiting with Steph and having the kids reconnect a bit, as they had spent time together years ago when everyone lived in Regina. After the visit and the good-byes, we headed back to Parksville, though we stopped in Qualicum Falls to go to a burger place Steph recommended. We enjoyed the burgers outside, and Sandra tried one of their specialties - a burger wrapped in a tortilla shell and baked. It was interesting - not sure I'm convinced about it, but she liked it.
The town was having a night market on the street, so we took a brief walk down it and quickly discovered a man selling a hockey board game that he had designed and published. There was no way I was walking away without that game, and Evan's "maybe" when I asked him if he wanted it sealed the deal.
Our final stop of the day was a nearby go-kart track that I had found online in the morning and then booked in the afternoon. Evan loves to drive go-karts (as do I), and we really only get to do it on vacation. This one sounded good on the website, though I don't think it was actually as busy as the booking availability made it sound. Regardless, we got to run our laps and have some fun.
Then it was back to the hotel, where Evan and I golfed the second mini-golf course, before Sandra, Evan and Bradley ran out to the ocean until it got dark.
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