Good Monday morning to you all!  I hope everyone had a good weekend.  Or at least a satisfactory weekend.  We’re going for a “B” or higher here.  No B minuses.  Anyways, I am back at home, just heating some home made soup that Tara left for me in the fridge.  It is so very nice to be home, but I can’t get used to it I’m afraid.  I hit the road again on Wednesday.  This time I go to the Okanagan.  I’m very excited, but for now let’s see what this last week churned up, in bullet form.

  • Big ups to Evangel Church in Powell River for a great Sunday morning service.  I really enjoyed worshipping with you guys, and appreciated the opportunity to share.  All of the churches I visited this last week were great, and lots of fun.  It was a great Sunday.

 

  • In related news, according to Youth Pastor Mark L, “Powell River has a restaurant problem.”  Now, this might sound like just one person’s opinion, but I have been there a few times and it’s very true.  We had a group of about 15-20, and went to the Coast hotel.  They refused to seat us.  So after much debate we went to the Sky Dragon Chinese Buffet.  I think they were slightly embarrassed, telling me it doesn’t represent the best Powell River has to offer.  But I actually really liked it, and their sweet and sour sauce would probably be up there in my top 5.  But definitely behind Dragon Fort in Abbotsford.

 

  • Do any of our readers have an Iphone with the “Tic Tacs” app?  Because if you do perhaps you could explain to Ashley from Powell River exactly how it works?  Apparently you’re supposed to pull up your “tic tac container” on your Iphone, shake it around, and then “pour” the tic tacs in to someone elses empty container.  Well, good luck!  Ashley and Julia tried for about 2o minutes, and did not succeed.  I tried for about 10 minutes, and also did not succeed.  Here is the thoroughly unhelpful demo that comes with the app.  Did I mention I think the whole thing is ridiculous?
  • As you may know, I am travelling solo this summer, because Tara is working all of June.  Now, travelling alone is not necessarily bad, and it even has it perks.  However, BC Ferries is unfriendly to solo travellers.  They are cold, calculated, and ruthlessly efficient.  On the ferry to Horseshoe Bay from Gibsons, I took a break from my usual habit of sleeping in my van and went up to get a burger.  I got my BC burger, yam fries, coke, and glass of water and found an empty table.  It was a fairly busy day, so they were asking people to clear out if they were done eating.  I finished my yam fries, went to open my burger, and discovered (to my horror) that it was a veggie burger.  So I left my drinks on the table and went back to get the right burger.  The service lady was really friendly and got me a new one as fast as she could.  However, it was not fast enough.  I returned to my seat to find my table empty!  My coke and water were gone.  The people sitting beside me hadn’t even noticed it gone!  Mysterious?  Indeed.  Happy ending though, since the same burger lady let me get new drinks.  But a warning to be heeded: do not leave ANY trays unattended on BC Ferries.

Well, that’s about all the items that have been kicking around my brain.  Instead of a comic today, I want to leave you with a few of pictures from my trip.  Just because I like them.

Comox to Powell River ferry

From a lookout facing Powell River. Old ferry dock in the foreground.

End of sunset - took this while messing with shutter settings.

Well folks, thanks for joining me once again!  I hope to have many new summer adventures to write about from my next trip.  Until then, here’s a video or two.

Now, I don’t usually put up videos with just songs.  I prefer to have something visual or something live to go with the song.  But this song is so good, and there’s no good live video and no music video that I could find.  Thanks to Dan Kang for showing me this one.  Oh, and if you think the song is too slow and boring, just wait until about the 2:05 mark.

And here’s a high energy one to send you off.  Happy Monday!