Tofino

Last weekend we went yo a small town on the Pacific ocean called Tofino.  The cottage we were staying in was super nice, there was a hot tub on the deck, were you saw all the waves splash of the rocks from th ocean.  The first day we got there we went down to an awesome white sandy beach. On the beach there was crabs, star fish in the rocks, sea erchents, and fish eggs that got washed up on the shore.  The next day we we went to town, looked at some stores, and rented surf gear, for surfing we went to a beach called cocks bay. Every person who went surfing wore a wet suit because the ocean was so cold. On Monday we cleaned up the cottage we were staying in. On our way back to the campsite we went to a taco truck called "Tacofino" and went on a hike in the rainforest.

This week in Cumberland

Five days ago Ben, my dad, Oban, tunta sa, and I went mountain biking for about an hour and a half.  we were on the logging roads  and at the top of the hill there was a bulldozer that was blocking the trail. So we had to go through a river and over a a dirt pile.  then we started biking for a wile longer and we got to a trail called the crafty bunch . then we were biking for a while longer and got to the house .

 On Sunday all the parents went to a hotel in Courtney for the night. before the parents left around lunch time we all got a jumbo freeze. It was a nice and sunny day so we went on a walk through a trial in the forest and played at the park. we it started to get dark we watched a movie called Brother Bear. The next day Alex and Oban didn't have to go to school, so me and Alex did some sewing and the boys went to the park. that day when the parents came back they had to go to work.

On Tuesday My mom and Owen were cleaning the car. at 11:00 I went to baby sit a baby named Mealeyn. when I was baby sitting the lady who i was babysitting for had to go to an appointment and do some arens so I was in charge of watching Mealey.

On Wednesday  our dad went back to Toronto for work so me (Owen) and Ben were at the bus by ourselves.  when me and Ben were at the bus Mackenzie was getting a massage by tenta sa.  so me and Ben biked to tunta sa and uncle Jamies house and we made up a dance and went to Costco. At Costco they had a whole bunch of taste testers for different things, our favorite one was the chocolate covered blueberries.

On Thursday I (Megan) went to baby sitting again for a few hours, well the lady I was babysitting for cleaned her house. When I got back I waited for my mom to come and pick me up. When she came she brought Owen with her. We then went and picked up Alex from school. When it was dark we watched a movie at the bus called the amazing Spider man.

On Friday we went on a hike in the forest at our camp ground.  while we were walking I (Owen) put my hand on a slug that was supper big.  Ben and Mackenzie left early to go canoeing. when they left my mom and i kept walking and we saw a small water fall witch was cool.when we got back my mom ben and Mackenzie went canoeing again.

Today mom went to go pick up my dad from the air port, well me(Megan) and my siblings cleaned up the bus so it would look nice when they came back. After we cleaned up we all did our on thing until my parents came back. later my mom and dad went on a canoe ride, we all stayed at the bus because Alex and Oban were coming. when they got here we went to the park and played outside.

Crabbing at Fanny Bay Pier, Collecting Drift Wood at Goose Spit, Canoeing at Cumberland Lake Park, Shopping in Nanimo

 Crabbing

 When we went crabbing, the boy,s my dad, Uncle Jamie, and Tante Sacha all went on the dock and put down the crab net and waited to pull it up when a crab went on it.  We had 3 crab traps and some fishing rods.  Alex(our cousin), Mackenzie, my mom, and Megan went on the beach that is there. While we were down on the beach the tide was going out and the beach was getting bigger. when we walked along the edges we found a whole bunch of starfish that were alive and in the sand since the tide was going out. Alex and Megan collected all of them and put them back in the water but around two minutes later the tide went out even more so they were out of the water again so we moved them all once again and kept doing that but every time the tide went out even more starfish were out of the water so eventually we got bored of doing that so we stared digging up clams that were in the sand. While we were digging up claims, my mom found a big crab that was crawling along the beach so we caught it and brought it over to the boys who were on the dock.  The boys caught a hole bunch of crabs but only 8 were big enough to eat in total.  Megan was the first one to catch a crab with a plastic bag on shore.  The rest of the crabs that were big enough to eat were caught with the crab traps.  We had crabs, muscles, clams, tuna and salad for dinner.

by Megan and Owen

The Goose Spit 

On a nice sunny day we all went to the spit which is almost like a small island but is still attached by a little bit to the main land, and that also had a beach that went all around it. As we walked we saw so much drift wood washed up on the beach and a lot of shells. A quarter of the way through some of us had to leave so it ended up just being my mom, Mackenzie, Alex and I (Megan).  Around half way through we stopped at a cool little sun fort that someone made out of drift wood and things that they found on the beach. At the end we all ended up having a huge arm full of drift wood in our hands.

Going to Costco, Canoeing and Camping

Yesterday just our family went to Costco, when we got there all the kids went to the food area a got a whole bunch of samples.  Mom and I (Owen) went canoeing in Cumberland Lake.  We are camping there right on the lake now.  We are still really close to our cousins so they come after school for dinner and to play.   Ben has been volunteering at Cumberland School and Cumberland Lake Park so he can get his volunteer hours for high school.  

Nanimo,BC

Today we went to Nanimo and went to a store called Cabela's which is like an outdoor store. The boys both got some weapons, Ben got a bebe gun type thing and Owen got two knifes and a hatchet. I also got some new very comfortable summer shoes.  My dad got a fishing license so we can go fishing.  Our cousins came over.  We went canoeing again and had fish and chips for dinner that we cooked outside.