Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Another day in Abbotsford

This morning we headed to Mill Lake Park to take the dogs for a walk. The place was small but really nice (we could easily walk around the lake in half an hour). It almost made us forget we were in a big city. Almost. The sounds of construction kind of ruined the serenity but everyone we met along the trail was friendly and it was nice to see Melkie back to his old self being loud and obnoxious and wanting to chase every single bird he saw. We enjoyed the rest of the day with Michaels brother and wife not leaving until after dark. We decided to pull the Barking Bus into a Pets Mart parking lot and call it a night! Good night!


Abbotsford

We woke up in a beautiful spot but I was uneasy. I had an awful dream that I'm sure is attached to this place somehow. It was beautiful though and we took our time before we left. We were only on the road for about an hour before we stopped at a rest area for a pancake breakfast. Michael took over the driving and soon we were driving into Hope where we gassed up and continued on to Abbotsford. We arrived in Abbotsford and walked the dogs before heading over to visit with Michaels's brother. Unfortunately, we had just missed them (we didn't know it at the time but his brothers cell phone had been destroyed earlier in the week and he hadn't received any of our messages). We headed to the local Walmart where I picked up a few things to make a thanksgiving dinner and while we were waiting to hear from his brother we met this interesting guy from Labrador. He has spent the last three years travelling back and forth across Canada picking up work whenever he needed money. We ended up hanging around the Walmart parking lot listening to music and sharing our pumpkin pie with our new Newfie friend. If someone had of told me that I would be sitting here doing this a few years ago, I would have laughed at them. Good night World!