  Well, we left Ravelstoke Thursday morning and drove all day in the rain all the way to Abbotsford, Sharilyn's home town (and yes, we did stop in Kamloops on the way there!).
That evening I was feeling so tired and could feel my throat getting sore. I have spent the past 3 days in bed with fever and probably a strep throat or something. Yesterday I was feeling a lot better and finally today I dared to venture out with Sharilyn and the kids to buy yummy blueberries. Here in Abbotsford we have been staying at the (non-air conditioned) house of Sharilyn's sister and her family. They are all up at the cabin by the lake until Sunday. Right now I am sitting in the nice air-conditioned house of Sharilyn's parents.
It feels great, especially since it is +38C outside. Luckily it rained the first 2 days when I was sick... We will have dinner here in a nice cool temperature before heading off again. Imagine my surpsrise when we went to the blueberry farm this morning. I was so mad I didn't bring my camera. They had a huge blueberry-picker which went through blueberry fileds the size of vineyards!!! The bushes don't look anything at all like what I'm used to seeing in the forests back in Sweden.
We bought a 5kg box and really stuffed ourselves with blueberries for lunch. Yummy! Some of the berries are as big as cherries. Amazing. In Ravelstoke I didn't even have time to write about the trip. I had to buy a time card to log on to the internet and although I bought 30 minutes it ran out after 15. She gave me another 30min card and that one ran out after 15 too. Hence my hurried typing. We had a really great day that first day of driving. THe stop at Lake Louise was really nice. There is a huge hotel up there and there were so many tourists heading up there that we had to wait in a queue to get to a parking.
Sharilyn (aka Samy) kept asking me to look out for wildlife along the road during the drive, but it was sparse. We saw tame gofers begging for food at one of our quick stops. No bears... boo hoo... Tonight we do the one hour drive to Vancouver to visit Samy's in-laws. They have kindly offered to babysit for 3 days while we go to visit Vancouver Island. That promises to be a great trip. Samy has been planning this since February when I told her I would be coming over. I'm so glad that I got well again so that we can do it.
If you look at a map, we will be going to places like Victoria and Tofino. The ferry lands in Namtua. I hope it is a bit cooler there with a bit of a sea breeze. As for the subservient chicken, I tried to get it plucked and grilled, but it didn't want to obey... Did anyone else try except my Whales&amp;Wolves friend? 
