Christmas 2014 with Vita, Hadley and family in Thames

After arriving back in New Zealand in November and a busy spring getting Ardmachree ready to sail and Goldie (our classic caravan) certified as self contained we are off to spend a few days over Christmas with family in Thames.

Rose and Carl on Christmas morning.

Hadley and Louie.

A Christmas feast.

Vita, Kathy and Toby.

Argosy, our new condo in Sidney

In the latter part of August we took position of our new condo. The initial job was to empty our storage locker of 19 years and move everything into this much larger storage area.
These photos are taken from the other side of the bay looking towards our building, the top apartment on the left is ours.

 We are right on the shore looking East and onto this small marina. Tsehum Harbour is a mecca for pleasure boats and has a number of large marinas. There is always activity out in the harbour.

Our top floor patio looks west and is ideal for the afternoon sun.

Wild life is abundant in the harbour, a local pair of white swans come by almost every day.

One afternoon Kath was looking out the kitchen window when an otter ran across the parking lot.

Looking North from the front balcony towards the BC Ferry docks and Vancouver.

Looking East and South East from our balcony.

Resthaven Island is in the back ground with Van Isle Marina beyond.

Views from the kitchen windows to the Marina parking lot and Dean Park Mountain in the distance.

                          Patio at the end of the building.

                          Living room and dinning area.

Looking down the entrance hall with 2 'vintage' desks waiting to be repositioned.

                       Kitchen with 2 windows over the sink looking west.

                     From the kitchen looking onto the living room.

Laundry room with washer, dryer, deep freeze and storage shelves.

                Guest bathroom.

                Guest bedroom.

                 Master bed room, with a low level bed!

Entrance to the en suite with walk thru closets.

The den showing the East and West facing windows and the entry to the small balcony.

Millie and Nelson visiting

Millie and Nelson drop in to see us at the PBRV Park. Nelson has just picked up his classic 1962 Chevy Impala 2 door Hardtop. It's a real 'eye catcher' as you can see in the photo.

It was a great ride down the beach and restaurant drive in White Rock. Every where we stopped the 'old guys' always came over to guess the year and tell there own stories and memories of a similar car from the 60ies. Several days later we were able to have a good visit with Millie and Nelson in Sidney.