Back in the ‘Hood

I put the small seaside town of Powell River on our itinerary for a specific reason: I lived here from ages 2-4 so I wanted to see if it might jog a childhood memory or two in my amnesiac brain.

Spoiler alert: no memories, but we did freak out the new owners of my old house when we were taking pictures of it (they said they thought their property taxes were being reevaluated!).

Almost a 40 year gap. The house looks a bit different without the front hedge and with some updates.

I also had the goal of hiking at least two sections of the Sunshine Coast Trail. Unfortunately it was cloudy/foggy at the top of Tin Hat so I missed the views, though I met some great company in 3 women who were spending 4 days on the trail. Usually when we’re on holiday I add more places to the list than I can check off and this time was no exception. Anyone want to hike a few days of this fantastic hut to hut trail with me?

Even without the ocean views it’s beautiful in its own way

Otherwise we filled our time with the usual Olson ‘relaction’, the perfect combo of adventure and relax time.

Doug: It was no golf-frolf-a-palooza, but we hit 5 different disc golf courses along the way

We saw so many bald eagles right over our heads that RobO thought it might be my spirit animal

We gave this family a wide berth when we met them on the disc golf course

Candied salmon in the mussels? Yes, please!

A sunset that cements the need to come back here

We rounded out our last couple of days back in Vancouver with family. We had a fab day sailing from Granville Island, did some beer tasting, and caught up after a long time between visits. It has been a West Coast holiday that gives us lots of reasons to come back. Can’t wait for the next one!

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