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Oct. 12th, 2017 02:49 pmThanksgiving was a lovely feast as always. Staci didn't bring Bree because she didn't want her overwhelmed by so many people. Two of Rick's kids were also there with their families, 2 school aged kids under 10 and two 10 month old twins!
This week I've been knocking out the last few little details for the trip. We decided to go to the Fan Expo in Vancouver because there will be a number of actors there from a couple of tv shows that Graham really likes. They still don't have any schedules up of the appearances and no prices for actor photo/autograph tickets. They're cutting it pretty close, I think. Anyway, we'll check the schedule and do that for one day or part of one day. I booked the day passes for that. Then also booked a rental car so we could drive up to Parksville on Vancouver Island to see our friends there. Had a hotel booked for overnight. I couldn't assume and certainly couldn't invite ourselves to stay with her and her husband because she's not been well. She had a stroke a few months back and when she had it, she fell and got a very bad concussion which is probably what's giving her more trouble than the stroke was. I had another friend who had something similar, a seizure followed by a fall and nasty concussion. Took him a long time to recover properly.
We hope to do a bit of driving around the island on the way up and back to Victoria where we're staying with my aunt and uncle (mother's brother). Called them this week, too, to confirm and give them the flight details.
Not sure yet about going on a submarine tour in Hawaii. I know Graham really wants to and I would love it too but I'm concerned with the ladder/steps down into it. I won't have too much trouble going down but I'm worried about climbing up again. I don't *think* it's a straight up and down ladder, that it's on a bit of a slant but there are no photos that really show how far apart the rungs/steps are. I must go to the website and find an email address. I think I could manage if the rungs aren't too far apart. We'd want to pre-book that too. Let's hope the weather is consistently decent. Hate to book things too far in advance .
Have brought in my rolled coin to change to American money after work at the bank and sorted out our phone access online. I used an online chat with the mobile phone company. They have a deal where you pay only $5 each day that you use your phone, which includes data roaming as well. That's $5 per day per phone of course, and it doesn't count if you're on wifi. Seemed like a pretty good deal. Having the maps alone might make it worth while.
We leave in three weeks from Saturday!
This week I've been knocking out the last few little details for the trip. We decided to go to the Fan Expo in Vancouver because there will be a number of actors there from a couple of tv shows that Graham really likes. They still don't have any schedules up of the appearances and no prices for actor photo/autograph tickets. They're cutting it pretty close, I think. Anyway, we'll check the schedule and do that for one day or part of one day. I booked the day passes for that. Then also booked a rental car so we could drive up to Parksville on Vancouver Island to see our friends there. Had a hotel booked for overnight. I couldn't assume and certainly couldn't invite ourselves to stay with her and her husband because she's not been well. She had a stroke a few months back and when she had it, she fell and got a very bad concussion which is probably what's giving her more trouble than the stroke was. I had another friend who had something similar, a seizure followed by a fall and nasty concussion. Took him a long time to recover properly.
We hope to do a bit of driving around the island on the way up and back to Victoria where we're staying with my aunt and uncle (mother's brother). Called them this week, too, to confirm and give them the flight details.
Not sure yet about going on a submarine tour in Hawaii. I know Graham really wants to and I would love it too but I'm concerned with the ladder/steps down into it. I won't have too much trouble going down but I'm worried about climbing up again. I don't *think* it's a straight up and down ladder, that it's on a bit of a slant but there are no photos that really show how far apart the rungs/steps are. I must go to the website and find an email address. I think I could manage if the rungs aren't too far apart. We'd want to pre-book that too. Let's hope the weather is consistently decent. Hate to book things too far in advance .
Have brought in my rolled coin to change to American money after work at the bank and sorted out our phone access online. I used an online chat with the mobile phone company. They have a deal where you pay only $5 each day that you use your phone, which includes data roaming as well. That's $5 per day per phone of course, and it doesn't count if you're on wifi. Seemed like a pretty good deal. Having the maps alone might make it worth while.
We leave in three weeks from Saturday!
