From there to here

[Photo: There. Glasgow train station]

[Photo: Here. Ruxton Island, Salish Sea]

Paddling in the Shetlands

From there to here in 24 hours. Travelling is fun but when you live in such a beautiful spot, it's wonderful to return home.






Highlights:

• canoeing in the Shetland Islands
• seeing the tall ships in the Orkney's and Shetlands
• seeing puffins
• watching my mother eat haggis vol au vent
• watching my 82 year old father riding a skateboard on his stomach coming out of a 5,000 year old iron age burial chamber
• learning to spin on a tahkli in the car while being driven all over Scotland
• Salisbury Cathedral
• examining a Coast Salish blanket in the Perth Museum
• seeing a feather cape in the Pitt River Museum in Oxford
• coming home to summer in the Gulf Islands