Well.. one of the trips we did with the youth during the summer was Tofino ("Tofino Cakes" as Dalton calls it), Long Beach. This was Cheryl (to the left) & some others first time to the island, first ferry experience & everything, so that was fun to be there with them for this. We left Nemiah later than we anticipated (that's no surprise) & it took a whole day to get down to the island. Lisa and myself were cruising in her car and the youth were in the van with crazy Will. I think the youth would agree with me on this one, Will met a whole lot of people on the way down to Tofino, as well as he met the whole island. Every place we stopped. It got to the point where we were jus goin to tape him to the steering wheel. I think my lil bro, Trev, kept him on his toes. Trev let's you know it when he's antsy =P. 
Ferry Ride. One of our highlights of the trip! We caught the evening ferry, it's gotten dark and we venture around the ferry. We were outside most of the time because we were amused by the strong blowing wind. We had fun being blown around! Jus look at the pics, faces tell it all!
Our first nite was spent in Ucluelet. I love saying that name. Ucluelet. We came rolling into the camp at 3 in the morning. Youth groups are expected to be loud.. most of the time. We woke up our neighbors who were a couple. They didn't like us too much that week. The women let us know that.
But we got to sleep in, then hit the beach. It was so beautiful. Jus the way I remember it when me 'n Yo were in QUEST and we went surfing here. Trev, as always, was the first one in, and the last one to get out. Lisa joined me and Cheryl as we jumped against the waves and boogied with the bodyboard. We didn't have to wear wetsuits this time which made me even more happy.
We spent most of the day there, some of the guys went golfing. They saw a bear! On the golf field. That was somethin exciting for the boys.
Our evenings we spent at the camp fire. We all met a knew friend named Zoe. HE played pool with us and talked with us around the fire. He jus went surfing that day and told us about the sweet waves. LOL he swore a lot & the youth kept getting after him.
Oh yea, another friend, I got to include:
This is Willie and Lisa's "dog". Horse think hes a puppy. He follows people everywhere. And he tried to eat my cowgirl straw hat! Anyways, back to camp. We talked forever, shared a big bag of skittles and went to bed (yes, we brushed our teeth).
Again, half the crew went to the beach and half went golfing. I went golfing this time, along with Lori, Dalton, and Nicole. Me and Lori bugged the poo out of Dalton. Some people are so "pick-able". Actually, most people. God has
given me people to pick on! That's a gift of mine;) So we pestered Dalton the whole trip. He bugged us too, beat me up a few times. Some of the time we spent looking for their golfballs in the trees=not fun. So I said I would not be Dalton's caddy. I felt sorry for the guy so I helped him
out.We celebrated our last nite in Ucluelet with a bag of skittles and went to bed. Wait... we packed up and cruised on back to...
Nanaimo! Nanaimo Bars are so gooood. We rolled in pretty late and were greeted by a drunk gal who was looking for something or was lost, I dunno. I jus remember she was drunk. We found camp, set up in the dark and went to "bed". The 8 of us in our tent stayed up and talked for awhile.
Next day we woke up EARLY and got ready to go to Victoria so we could swim and shop for the day. It took us forever cuz me 'n Lisa lost Will (he went the wrong way) and various other reasons. Finally we made it to Vic. Me 'n Lisa ran errands while the kids went swimming. I had a check to deposit and y'know what? I left my bank card back at the camp... in Nanaimo. Soooo I had to re-issue a new card cuz I needed the money ASAP. My billionth card this year.
Oh! If you haven't gone to Vic before, or have, you got to check out the Harbour (during the summer).. I think it's the harbour. They have crafts, necklaces, earings, portraits and instruments on tables! I love going every summer.
Well, the whole day was shopping. We went to Value Village, some of us dressed up and looked for whatever funky stuff they had. After we hit the mall, we scattered- ran some circles around the mall, looking for one another. By the end, our legs got tired and we cruised on over to the theaters. Duane, Nicole, Lisa, my bro and myself watched the "Super Motocross". I swear dirtbiking is one of the best inventions in the world! THAT and pen and paper and lil box they call camera to capture images! I pray there are dirtbikes in heaven.
So it's late. We needed to head back to Nanaimo, we drop by gas station, fuel up, Willy impresses strangers with his dancing, and we head out! Then it's very late, we roll in to the camp. Sleep.
The next morning, is a gong show. We have to wake up early and catch the 7 A.M. ferry. We get there seconds before it leaves and.... they can't find our reservations.
AAAAh! We wait, get some white hair, cry and pray. We pull out our hair in frustration and then it turns out it was under another persons name, so we make it on.
We are the LAST two cars on the ferry.
WHOO! *Sigh of relief* We cry again, we're so joyous! So we made it to main land, that was good. In Abbotsford we give Trev the boot. LOL actually there was arrangements for Trev to stay with Yo so we dropped him off. Then we made our way to "the Puddle".
So we were supposed to meet all the parent at Botanio Mall at 7, me and Lisa come in just after 7. We knew Willie and the gang were supposed to be ahead of us and they were not there. We waited about 45 minutes and then they showed up. It turns out we were in Cache Creek the same time, we missed them and didn't see them jus across the street. Ha.
Tofino was our big trip in the summer, I hope we can do it again. Without the gong show. But I jus know, this is the start of youth ministry. Gong show and all. Well mine sure is anyway. That's just me. Although, my scatteredness has become more gathered so... we'll see. I have my days.
But jus to say, I got to drive most of all the time! I LOVE to drive.
P.S. Thanks everyone for making this trip happen for us! The kids definately remember it.
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