Nelson

Chelsea and I were busy busy little bees:

Wednesday

Bus departure at 6:30pm from Coquitlam. Food that was deemed necessary for an 11h bus ride: 1 box of Decadent chocolate chip cookies; 5 rice balls; 2 tupperwares of edamame; 1 bag of pita bread; 1 hummus container; 1 orange; 1 tupperware of grapes; 4 pumpkin tarts; 6 blueberry-orange muffins; 1 bag of Miss Vickie's chips; 2 hard-boiled eggs. That's it, I think.

Thursday

Arrival in Nelson at 5:30am, I'm exhausted, Chelsea looks normal, but hasn't slept all night. The day is spent getting ready to leave for camping, and we start by doing the most natural thing: taking a 4h nap! Then, I get to discover the "small" town of Nelson, bakeries, clothes, woodworks, used book store, amazing milkshakes... and then, more food shopping, and an adventure to find plates, a car rack (at Chelsea's dad's house), a canoe, another snack... and then, we are on the world's longest free ferry ride! Another nap later (to the great amusement of Chelsea and her mom, after ingesting sugar, I tend to fall asleep in cars), we get to our camping spot! Time for more food, a canoe ride, yet more food, a nice chat with Chelsea's mom's friend Moss, and bedtime again!

Friday

Rainy, maybe even stormy weather puts a dent in our plans for a relaxing day in the sun. So instead we ate, canoed a bit, ate some more, threw a football around (which made my right arm hurt for 2 days afterwards...), ate some KD, packed up, and then went to the Hot Springs!! Then, to my great happiness, we camped out in a trailer park! Now, Chelsea maintains that her dad's land isn't a trailer park, but to me, a land with a mobile home and a trailer on it constitutes a trailer park!

Saturday

One of the longest, fullest days of my life started with the realization that I had misplaced my wallet. Not good. Especially as I needed to take a plane from Castlegar to Vancouver. A very stressful hour or so later, I found my wallet mysteriously in my raincoat pocket! That done, breakfast! And a market! (Which, according to Chelsea, is a true Nelson experience!) A few more hours spent wandering the streets of Nelson, during which I discovered a Shambhala Center! Then, on the drive to Castlegar, we visited Chelsea's mom's garden, and ate more ice cream, yum! A plane ride, and then I'm in the car with my aunt, getting a ride to a wonderful supper: prawns, tuna sashimi, corn, salad, rice, and fresh peas! Feast! And rhubarb tart with ice cream (again...) for desert! Then, it was onwards and upwards, home to drop off an embarrassingly huge amount of luggage, and off downtown to visit Kathleen at work. It had been about a week since I had last seen her, which seemed like forever! After this, I watched part of the sunset (too tired to stay for the whole thing) and took a nauseatingly long bus ride home. And finally... sleep!