Two other couples were on Darcy’s “Must See” list. Gwen and Don Callahan now live in Bellingham, WA, but they were on the infamous Parking Committee with us on our Escapees Adventure Caravan into Mexico in Feb. 1999. They paid us a visit during our B&B years as they traveled with friends to explore the Maritimes. We just seemed to always “hit it off”; our visit with them in their lovely Sudden Valley Golf Resort home was equally enjoyable. Don re-routed us to Jasper Nat’l Park so we could drive the magnificently scenic Icefields Parkway to Banff Nat’l Park. We headed off with full tummies, with freshly-washed clothes and without, sadly, a group photo.
Our friendship with Jennifer and Martin Cuthbertson of Richmond/Vancouver, BC goes way back to the late 1970’s in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia. They visited with us shortly after we moved back to the coast of Maine, and we have kept up a yearly correspondence ever since. Since leaving Arabia, they have both served on the mission field for Youth with a Mission (YWAM). Our arrival in Vancouver coincided with their return from a family celebration in The States. Blessings all the way around! Martin has been wheelchair- bound for 20 or more years. He and Jennifer live in a downtown condo that is complete with gardening space. The location makes them very accessible to their work and daily needs. We walked and rolled two blocks to the Speed Skating Arena that has just been built for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics and marveled at its beauty and expansiveness. Time just fell away as we shared grandbaby stories, our own “growing up” stories and reminisced about days gone by.
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