When I was a child my family would go on these salmon fishing trips every summer. We went to Poett Nook, Bamfield, and Tofino!
On one of the trips we forgot Grandma’s purse at the diner, got a flat tire, played “Extreme Dime Racing”, had coffee for the first time and ended up across the U.S border by accident!
Extreme Dime Racing was an activity we played when the road trip got extremely boring - we each chose a coin on the dash and because the road was incredibly rocky we would race and see whose coin got to the finish line first. It was a silly game we played to pass the time.
We salmon fished early in the morning, had family dinners together, and played Gaji in the evening.
I have so many fond memories of these trips! Tofino was the last trip we took before my grandfather died who was the hardcore fishermen. We haven’t done a trip since then…until last weekend.
My grandma turned 90 in April but we opted to delay her birthday celebration. Last weekend we all went up to White Lake, BC! It was the first time in over 10 years that we’ve been on a trip all together!
It was a short weekend, we went up Friday evening and came back Sunday morning but it was nice to relive part of my childhood! :)
