Island adventures with our family of Three

On February 12th and 13th Andrew, Jayna, and I drove up island to Courtenay to visit family. On Monday, Marnie/Mark, Johnny/Hilary/their 2 kids, and our family of three went to Hornby Island for the day. It was so much fun! I had never been there, and it was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to in my life! No joke. I love living in BC, especially the Island. I am so grateful for Andrew's love for the Island. He is always wanting to explore places he hasn't been to yet, and taking me to places I haven't been to yet. It's amazing how many things I haven't seen for growing up here! But it's made for lots of good times and being older I especially appreciate the beauty! This blog will be a lengthy one because there are so many cool pictures I want to share! So....to start out we had to drive to catch a ferry to Denman Island...

That was a short ferry, then we caught another one to Hornby Island. During our wait, Andrew pulled out his fly rod and Johnny joined him for some brotherly bonding.

The first picture I took on Hornby was of the Community Hall...so trippy! Have you ever seen a building made out of wood like this!!??

Our first stop of the day was to the "Free Store". Yup, you heard that right...you walk in and leave with whatever you want, it's free! I thought this was one of the coolest things, and was stoked to see what it was like. The gate wasn't open cause it is only open 2 days a week in the winter...

So we walked up the trail instead cause Marnie assured us it would still be open...

This is the outside of the store...

And the inside...There were books gallore, trinkets, scarfs, baby stuff, clothing, bedding...

Tending to a hungry baby...since we carried her up in her carseat while she was sleeping, I didn't have any supplies with me, so I had to use a pillowcase as her burping cloth which got well used! lol Thank you "Free Store." Desperate times call for desperate measures, lol.

Need a bike?

Boys will be boys...

The bathroom is made of all recycled materials. I wasn't expecting it to be as cool as it was when I opened the door to the inside!! Talk about creative!

Our first time trip to the Free Store was a fun one, I think Marnie and Mark benefited the most from it judging by their duffle bag of stuff they left with! haha

To be continued when I have more time...