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On the move

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I spent 3 nights in Tofino, a night on the West Coast Trail trailhead, 7 nights on different beaches on the trail, 8 nights at home, and now 2 weeks in Ontario, spending a maximum of 4 nights in any one place. In the coming 9 days I’m going to be visiting 6 cities and sleeping in 5 of them. Then I finally head home.

My sleep schedule is messed up, I’m not getting enough exercise, and I’m not eating regularly. That said, I still feel like things are going well. My mom and I had a wonderful visit with my uncle, his daughter and her husband for dinner today, I had a great conversations with both daughters and my wife back home, and I’m ready to spend 3 hours travelling to my next destination tomorrow.

It’s weird how I can feel a bit home sick, and also enjoy what I’m doing, while feeling like I’m constantly on the move. Am I going to enjoy my upcoming schedule? Absolutely. Am going to be excited to be back home when this is all done? Absolutely.

I was at a buddy’s house and he had a motivational quote on his wall, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”

I feel like although my schedule is a bit haywire, I’m on the move and somehow keeping balance.

Fire and rain

Today on highway 5 my daughter and I saw a plane drop fire retardant (red coloured) water on the hill closest to the highway. There were multiple spots along the closest ridge and hill to our right where we could see smouldering trees. Then we headed into a section of highway where we couldn’t distinguish smoke from fog, and a light misty rain covered our windshield.

We are used to rain in BC, but it has been much too dry and the fires have been out of control. Seeing one of the fires so close to the highway followed by raindrops made me realize how little control we m have over nature. Many fires in BC are not contained, they are forcing evacuations, and endangering lives. It’s one thing to deal with the inconvenience of smoke from a distant fire and yet another to face the flames.

With so many fires burning in BC, it’s a joy to see some rain, and I find myself hoping for much more of it.