Up in Chilliwack B.C. to have some fun with Jake and Taegan while their parents have a rare night off. Great fun watching the kids in their Saturday-morning YMCA activities.
We'll be leaving here mid-afternoon, dropping off at Birch Bay to pick our cruise luggage, stop the mail, and water the plants before driving to Seattle and checking in at our airport hotel after dropping off birthday presents in Issaquah for Lily and Peyton.
We just realized that tomorrow is the start of Daylight Savings Time - ugh, we'll be getting up at 3:00 a.m. to catch that flight. Oh well...
Now that Brian has his shiny new passport, we'll be sure not to act like retired school teachers and demand of the border authorities that they preface any requests with "please," lest we end up, er, delayed, like this fellow.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.