Summer vacation in BC

The Olsen farm at sunset. Hornby Is.

Our Canada trip is coming to an end tomorrow. It's been a completely packed schedule of family visits. Austen met most of his uncles and aunts and spent lots of time with his grandparents. We've had some great visits with friends we haven't seen in years.

Aside from the thrill of seeing our loved ones we have been really enjoying music on this trip. We saw the Good Lovelies, the Foggy Hogtown Boys, H'Sao, Marie-Josée Lord and Anton Kuerti at the Hornby Festival and Bruce Cockburn and The Bills at the Butchart Gardens concert series. Live outdoor concerts were one of those things we rarely had access to in Singapore so we've been on a bit of a music binge. We're lucky our little guy is still pretty zen even while teething. He's happy to be dragged along to just about anything any time of day or night.

Dance at the Hornby festival 2013

Good Lovlies at the Hornby Festival 2013

August

I have just wrapped up the Summer semester at school and have four weeks off before the next installment of art madness.

We've been at bike races nearly every weekend as Joel keeps knocking off the requirements to reach the next racing category. These excursions have taken us up and down the state and inland to Lake Tahoe and into Nevada.

When not racing we've spent some glorious days on the beach and picnicking in our area. I've been slowly working up my stamina trail running

We've become pretty involved with our little community. There have been BBQs and impromptu driveway gatherings. Kids bring Joel their bikes for a tune-up when he's outside with the workshop door open and a new neighbour has been sending us loads of veggies from their garden.

We've also taken in town festivals, music down at our local pubs, outdoor movies in the park and are looking forward to seeing Radiohead at the Outsidelands Festival in two weeks time. We also have our first wedding anniversary on the 25th of this month. Hard to believe it was that long ago already.