After a week in Vancouver and Mexico we all went up to Long Beach for a week with our friends Sandra, Derek, and their son, Leon. Every morning we awoke to the sounds of "NEON, NEON!" from Annabelle. We had a great week, despite cloudy weather, and enjoyed chesterman beach, bushwacking by the toquart river, kayaking around tofino, and catching up on movie rentals. Craig, Sharon, and Gavin joined us for the first part of the week and Graham, Karen, and Isaiah followed up the back end. A great week holiday, but would have been slightly improved by netty's cabin overlooking the beach, next time.