Saturday Snippets: 12.August.2017
How was your week? Nice and short, if you were in Canada, celebrating the long weekend! There was a lot going on in Vancouver, with the fireworks and Pride Parade, and climbing and van work… Yet,...
View ArticleMaple-Walnut Blueberry Overnight Oats
It’s blueberry season on the West Coast, and we can’t get enough of these little berries! Every time we open our fridge, regardless of what we were originally in there for, we usually end up with a...
View ArticleSaturday Snippets: 19.August.2017
Well, it’s been a disheartening news week, with Charlottesville and Barcelona. With the number of articles and accounts I’ve read of people raising their voices against these atrocities, let’s hope...
View ArticleSaturday Snippets: 26.August.2017
This has been the first week where I can feel the end of summer slipping by. The days are still warm, but the mornings have been noticeably cooler and the sun sits lower in the afternoon sky. I don’t...
View ArticleSeptember 2017 Monthly Word: TEXTURE
Whoa, September already? I can remember last year’s September like it was yesterday! August was a great month, filled with fantastic weather, lots of climbing and so much van progress! And with that,...
View ArticleSaturday Snippets: 02.September.2017
And, just like that, we’ve hit September! Do you have any fun plans for the long weekend? We’re still trying to figure that out. The weather is supposed to be a scorcher, so Saturday’s climbing day...
View ArticleSaturday Snippets: 09.September.2017
The smoke has returned to the West Coast, thanks to forest fires burning everywhere! Our lungs seem to be struggling with this smoke-filled air more than we did back in August. Maybe it’s because we’re...
View ArticleSaturday Snippets: 16.September.2017
Well, we started out this week working flat-out on the van, to get a few bits and pieces finished before Wednesday. Because you know what happened on Wednesday? We’ve taken Moby on his first trip, away...
View ArticleAugust Photo Challenge: HAPPY Recap
August feels like a distant memory at the moment, and so ends that monthly photo challenge. This post is later than I would have liked it to be, but van work and regular work and travelling has taken...
View ArticleSaturday Snippets: 23.September.2017
We returned from our mini work / vacation get-away on Monday evening, and started straight back into the normal routine on Tuesday morning! The time away has made us excited to get back on the road...
View ArticleMoby, the Big Grey Van, travels to Powell River
Two weeks ago (how can this be two weeks ago already?!), we took Moby (the big grey van) on his maiden voyage. I had to work in Duncan (Vancouver Island) and Powell River (Sunshine Coast), so we knew...
View ArticleSaturday Snippets: 29.September.2017
Whoa, last day of September? I’m not sure how I feel about time moving so quickly! We’ve had fantastic weather this month, and we managed to take Moby out for another night of camping this past week....
View ArticleOctober 2017 Monthly Word: MONOTONE
Well, September flew by with a blink of an eye! Maybe it’s the shorter month, maybe it was the great weather. Whatever the case, September was another great month. We were finally able to take the van...
View ArticleSaturday Snippets: 07.October.2017
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend! Do you have any plans? What’s your food menu looking like? The weather is supposed to be nice and sunny all weekend, and we’re looking forward to turkey (of...
View ArticleSeptember Photo Challenge: TEXTURE Recap
September felt like a whirlwind month. The start of school (for some), and work (for others). After enjoying the dog days of summer, getting back into a daily routine seemed to ramp up quickly!...
View ArticleSaturday Snippets: 14.October.2017
Almost without fail, the week following Thanksgiving brings with it a drastic change in West Coast weather. By this, I mean, the rains come. And, without fail, we’ve gotten our rain this week! The wet...
View ArticleSaturday Snippets: 21.October.2017
The rain has officially returned to the lower mainland, and it’s returned with a vengeance! The deluge has been pretty non-stop since Wednesday, and is supposed to continue through the weekend...
View ArticleSaturday Snippet: 28.October.2017
The weather has been wonderful this week, which was in stark contrast to last week! We took a day off yesterday and cycled around all the new murals from the Vancouver Mural Festival. It was a full...
View ArticleNovember 2017 Monthly Word: BLACK and WHITE
Another month down, and we’re creeping towards the end of the year! One minute it was Thanksgiving and the next thing I knew, it was Halloween. October was another great month. Aside from a few days of...
View ArticleSaturday Snippets: 04.November.2017
Welcome to the first weekend in November! I’m shivering in Edmonton at a work course, but the bonus is I get to catch up with one of my besties afterwards, which makes the cold weather totally doable 🙂...
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