Moving to the Mainland

Today was a big day. Vanilla and I moved from Victoria into the country on the mainland. We had a regular day at home and said our goodbyes. We had such a great house and family. We will write often and have completely enjoyed the past 9 years.

We rode in the kennel on the way to the ferry. I tried to watch everything that was going on and enjoyed the smells as we drove along the Pat Bay Hwy. Vanilla curled up and was asleep before we were off Reynolds. She was a little nervous about the trip, but I kept my paws on her back and she stayed calm.

We arrived at the ferry and were almost able to drive right on. Christine thought it would be a good idea to stretch our legs, so we did. We wandered down past the market stalls. Some pretty great smells. We stopped at every garbage can and got Christine completely tangled in our leashes. Don't worry she'll learn. The loud speaker called us back to the car, but my goodness it was a steep hill. We both were feeling hot and tired from the adventure so far so we got a ride back to the car. Vanilla got a ride from Christine and I got a ride from Granny. We curled up for another nap as we boarded the ferry.

Christine showed us the islands as we went through Active Pass.

Vanilla really enjoyed having the wind blow on her face, whereas I preferred to snuggle into Granny. We got our picture taken on the big ferry boat and got to explore the car deck. There were some many smells, and we checked out everything.

I watched most of the way to Granny's house, Vanilla went back to sleep. And maybe I slept a little too, because before I knew it we were at Granny's house. We got to stretch our legs again. Had a small snack on some grass, Christine wasn't quite quick enough. Don't worry we didn't eat enough to make us sick, just a little snack. We tracked down Grandpa. I snuggled in and gave him lots of hugs and kisses. Vanilla explored the yard and checked out everything.

We rode for the rest of the way home in the car seat. Great view, except we headed into the country and there are no street lights. It was hard to see much of the surroundings, but we'll explore more tomorrow. We got home, even though Christine took a wrong turn. When we got to the house and Christine got us out of the car, we went straight to the neighbours grass and marked our territory.

We made our way up the stairs, I needed a hand to get up and Vanilla took a running start. We checked out the whole first floor. Vanilla got up the courage to even go onto the sundeck. I went out eventually, but came back in and watched from inside. There are so many smells here and we can tell our cousin Duke was here recently. We'll meet him on Saturday, maybe. We are still checking the place out. We are sampling places to lay down. Vanilla is just getting ready to sleep in the kennel, so I'm going to call it a night. I will get Christine to post some pictures tomorrow.

Love & Kisses,
Ewok