Rex and Nancy's Travels - "ALL WHO WANDER ARE NOT LOST" - JRR Tolkein

We are settling into our new house and getting things organized the way we want them. Rex is keeping busing with handyman work – the residents of Golden Sun, where we used to stay, are keeping him very busy.   He also continues playing guitar with his friend, Gunther.   They performed in a number of “coffee shops” at Golden Sun.   He also played and sang again in the Valentine’s Day Program and the pizza party at Golden Sun.   We are continuing with Tai Chi classes at Golden Sun – Rex taught the class until our instructor, Gene, came in January.    In December, Rex was asked to teach a Tai Chi class in Meridian Manor.   So we go to our class at Golden Sun at 7 am and then to the class at Meridian Manor at 8 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Nancy is enjoying retirement again – water aerobics, tai chi, bocce ball, hiking and learning pickle ball.   She enjoys the monthly women’s lunch and meeting more of our neighbors. We enjoyed atten...

Wednesday morning we left Port Alberni and drove to Sooke, which is west of Victoria.   We are staying at Sooke River Campground along the Sooke River.   This nice little campground is owned by the Sooke Community Association.  We can see the river out our back window.   During high tide the river is fairly high so we should be able to kayak from the campground. Thursday morning we drove west on the West Coast Road to Port Renfrew and stopped at Botanical Beach Park.   Cody’s leg is getting better every day so we brought the dogs along to hike with us. We hiked through the rainforest to Botanical Beach which has some of the best tide pools in British Columbia.   We have noticed cute little owls on trees along many of the trails we have hiked. The overlooks along the trail had beautiful views. The forest had many crooked trees – we particularly li...