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Throwbacks

It seems the Archives are caught in a bit of a time delay. I’m still sorting through photos and mementos from our July family trip, a good portion of which was spent in British Columbia.

For our two nights in Victoria, we hunkered down at the quirky Hotel Zed, where a Jenga tower teetered on the corner of the check in counter, their tricked-out Volkswagen shuttled us downtown, and Bob Marley was on the turn table at the listening station in the lobby. Novelty abounded, circa 1973.

A brief walk to the nearby Galloping Goose Trail, and we were gifted a stream-side stroll through tunnels bedecked in psychedelic murals, reaching.

Stretches, forwards and back, in time.

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Caught in the Keys

It’s been over a month since I was in British Columbia, but back home I’m still sifting through items for the scrapbook.

I may have been on pause with the Archives during my travels, but you all were still in my heart and mind.

Here’s a love letter to you during the time of my trip, crafted on an old-fashioned typewriter. It’s a sort of ‘wish you were here,’ with no way to send at the time I typed it. Caught in the technology chasm between ancient and present-day, WordPress’s Publish button can now deliver…

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All in An Afternoon

You can cover a lot of ground on a tiny, speck of an island, nestled in British Columbia’s Georgia Strait. One round-trip traverse found us at a lake, that led to a forest, where we found an abandoned cabin just a mile from the sea.

In our home on Hawaii, we see jungle, shells, and sea life every day, but these were all of a different clime. So interesting and beautiful!

I’ve got a real-live scrapbook in hand, making a collage of this recent summer trip. These photos are part of the archival sort. Just a little more from the BC Scrapbook.

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