Frankie goes camping.....

What a great weekend to go camping! My brother Sam and his wife invited us along, and while Rebecca and I lodged overnight in a nearby motel, Frankie and grandma slept in the trailer.

But what caught our eyes was the camper his friend Glen has: it is a motorbus converted into a mobile home, nearly 500 sq ft of living space on board, with all the amenities of home.

The next day, we visited the world renowned Cathedral Grove national park, which houses the old growth forest with some of the oldest trees on the island.

We returned home the next day and Frankie went to work at picking blackberries from grandma's yard. Harvest comes early on the westcoast as fruits are ripening by late July and early August.

Frankie's cousin Jessica and her husband Matt taught Frankie how to make blackberry jam, and we brought home a jar of this wonderful homemade concoction.