Tuesday, February 27th - welcome back!

It's been a couple of weeks since I was here. Busy, busy times.
Tristen arrived for his visit a week ago Thursday. His first solo  flight, arriving in the wee hours of the morning on Friday. After a quick stop at the all night grocery store for milk, and a quick visit to Lloyd at work, we were on our way home.

Friday morning was quiet. I had to work for a bit so he could sleep in. Then in the afternoon the three of us were off to the Race Track for supper to celebrate a delayed happy birthday for Lloyd. I didn't realize there were no races on at this time so it was just dinner. But still a nice time had by all.

Saturday was our movie day. We headed into town and had lunch at Dairy Queen before seeing two movies - Peter Rabbit and Early Man. We enjoyed them both but agreed we liked Peter Rabbit best.

Sunday was our day to visit Island Hill Farm. They weren't open but we were allowed to visit anyway. I don't have any photos from there but I know Tristen has some.

Monday, Islander Day, was a lovely mild day with lots of sunshine but we were pleased to find out that there was enough snow on the cross country trails at the local ski park to facilitate a trip out. We picked Brenda up on our way and were on our way.  We had a lovely time in spite of all of us falling at least once. Most of the trail was good but some areas were a bit icy. Nonetheless, we enjoyed our outing.

Tristen's departure was delayed a bit with him leaving on Wednesday. As a result we had to find something to do on Tuesday. We went into town hoping to go bowling, but the Alley was filled with many seniors. Just our luck. Instead we went and did a bit of shopping and in the end Tristen found a new toy he didn't have but did have the money to purchase. Lucky us!

He was scheduled to leave on the early flight on Wednesday but weather seems to have caused some delays so it was lunch time before he got on his way.  I think his first flight was a success.

The rest of the week was fairly quiet, once he was gone. On Saturday Lloyd and I went over to Mount Stewart to participate in a snowshoe event. Unfortunately there wasn't enough snow so it was a hike instead but a lovely time just the same. Then on Sunday we joined some neighbours for brunch at Red Shores to celebrate a 60th birthday of one of them. All in all it was a busy but great week.

Lloyd is busy finalizing his plans for his trip which will be coming up before we know it. Yesterday we were talking about travel and we realized we have a week of our time share we need to use before the end of April. Unfortunately  on such short notice not a lot of options exist. But all is not lost. One destination on my bucket list is Martha's Vineyard.  I was thrilled to find a resort that had space. So, I'm going on vacation! I leave the day that Lloyd gets back.  It's not exactly tourist season down there but it should be great anyway.