Yesterday, Jay, May, the girls and I hiked to the top of Silver Star. The winds increased as we climbed until it was quite invigorating at the top where low clouds whipped around us. May ran down powered by high spirits and a need to get out of the cold. The girls each had one of my poles and did their best to stay up with their mom. Jin Hee was definitely motivated by the promise of hot chocolate and a chocolate croisant at Bugaboos in the village. The girls had hot chocolate again this morning when we went to Lumby for breakfast. And it's not even fall yet. Wait 'till it really gets cold. They'll be needing vats of it.
I'm planning to leave Vernon early Friday morning and drive east. I will take mom and dad's urns to be interred when Bill can gather his kids together in the Boyce plot in Elmwood Cemetery in Winnipeg.They arranged all the details years ago. Then I will carry on to Thunder Bay, Walkerton, Toronto, Ottawa and Wakefield. Jay has given me his cd case so that I will have lots of my favorite music and a couple of books to keep me company. I have fond memories of my solitary drive west. I hope I haven't suppressed a lot of negative ones that will rush back at me as I cross the prairies or the vastness of Ontario. I'm looking forward to visiting relatives and friends.
Jay working on the trench
The trench that will join the new plumbing to the main pipe. I love its symmetry. It looks almost like a body splayed on the basement floor. 
Another one of May's feasts. This time with Mo and John.
Jay, May and the girls huddled in the trees near the top of Silver Star
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