Back To Reality

On Tuesday it was back to the border (after tanking up on cheap US gas!) and we headed directly to downtown Vancouver to meet my brother Matt and his girlfriend Che, as they had a stopover from London to Sydney. Mom came in from Sechelt and we all met the weary travelers in the harbour for lunch.




Three Canadian Chamberlins...




After the farewells Dad, Mom, and I headed to the Horseshoe Bay ferry to take the 35 minute ride to the Sunshine Coast. We were early and the sun came out so we took a walk in the bay...








The ferry crossing to Gibsons...a similar route taken by great grandfather Clarde Chamberlin at the turn of the century.







I took some time on the upper deck soaking in the landscape and trying to imagine approaching the heavily forested coast for the first time as a pioneer. What were the thoughts, concerns, dreams, and ambitions. They may have been primarily of basic survival but we are all human after all and it is interesting to wonder what fleeting thoughts crossed their minds. As this adventure has come full circle in such significant fashion I myself can only be left to wonder just what shape and direction the next one will take.