Once dark, we went to Matt’s boat, they had a better view, and Matt, Robyn and their daughter are cool.

We watched the explosions and hung out there.

The next morning, we made blueberry pancakes.

And then walked into town. Jackson wanted to walk the dock like a balance beam.

Then we went to West Marine, and Jackson wanted to take a nap in a deflated fender.

Then we said our teary good-byes to Matt, Robyn, and their daughter, and we left. We rode off into the proverbial sunset and went our separate ways.

Speaking of sunsets… There were about 70 wildfires in British Columbia causing a constant weird orange haze around everything. The sun looked sort of like an eerie sunset all the time. It was blobbing around in the sky very strangely.

Once in Rocky Bay we met up with my cousin and his wife. And my cousin immediately took Jackson and I out shrimping.

Jackson thought the shrimp were like bugs and therefore loved them.

Then my cousin gave some shrimp to some kids who were rowing around in the bay. (He’s a nice dude.)

Then we barbecued the shrimp.

Jackson was a huge fan of them. He seems to like food better when he is part of the entire preparation process, and if he knows where is food came from. (He got to see pretty much the entire sourcing to killing to cooking cycle here.

And then we went to bed.

The next morning we planned to stay in Rocky Bay and just hang out.

We’ll see what happens next.

Until next time!