And the daughter comes, with her best friend, to visit for 4 days before my eviction, not even a week after the boy has left.
It's a lot of visitors, expenses, in just a couple of weeks...
Pick her up from the bus stop, Tuesday morning, 9:00 AM, first stop - I've got it planned - whitewater rafting. $80.00 per kid, + $20 tip for the guide. They're in with a small group, an American woman, her mom, should be fun, it's a beautiful morning, they're leaving from the dock at the Prestige...
I pick them up at 2:00, J*****, her friend, had a great time, the daughter complains it was boring. I buy the photos from the guides, a CD, yeah, I get that it was boring, not so white-water, not so adventurous, but still, she could have had fun...
She's way too jaded, even for a 16 year old.
The next day, the Kokanee Zip Line, only 2 of them in the group, they have a lot of fun although the daughter still manages to be blase about it. Another $240 spent, with tips for guides and go-pro footage...It's Wednesday, so I drop them in Nelson, they can peruse the markets, get lunch at the Yellow Deli, Visit Oso...
Her friend loves it. Doesn't want to go home. And the daughter is sensing that she maybe shouldn't have enrolled in summer school, she could have stayed on a bit longer...
Thursday, Friday, days off, Thursday we tour - Kaslo, the museum at the Ferry, to New Denver, then down through the Valley and to Thor's Pizza for dinner, then home.
Friday - a small day, the ferry over to Crawford bay, check out the Artisans, The Glass House:
("It's where I got my quidditch broom" I tell her...)
There are lots of Artisans here, blacksmiths, glass blowers, potters, etc. A quiet day, then home, and to the bus, I might not see her again all summer, she's school, other plans, and surviving summer here, well, it's gonna be long and tough. But in the fall there will be a little - lot - more time off, and I'll be returning to Calgary ...
I think they had fun. J***** definitely did, the daughter, well, probably, but she's keeping it on the down-low.