International Sand Sculpting Contest at Parksville

Today, Cynthia and I took Jean and Ron to Parksville, which is a 45 minute drive south of us. We went to see the completed sculptures in the International sand sculpting contest which happens this time each year in Parksville. 15 individuals and 3 teams entered this year from various parts of the world. They were given 24 hours to build their pieces over 3 days. Many of the pieces included items about the upcoming 2010 Olympics. We spent about an hour looking at them and then went to have some lunch before returning home to Comox. It was a great day out.
Below you can see a few more of the sculptures.


To view all 31 pictures I took, check out the slideshow at the end of the post, or click the link below to view them on-line..
Sand Sculpture Album

The R.C.M.P. Musical Ride

 

Last Friday, August 14th, the R.C.M.P. Musical Ride came back to town after an absence of about twenty years. Cynthia got tickets for herself and Charlotte, but Charlotte's other grandmother Jo (GJo for short) managed to get some more free ones from her place of employment. Cynthia, Charlotte, Andi and I went to the fairgrounds in Andi's van and met Gjo and other rellies there. One of the highlights of the day for the family was Charlotte's great grandma LIz taking the salute from the R.C.M.P. officer in charge. Above you can see her waiting for that to happen. Below you can see it happening.

Charlotte had a great time as we all did. Below you can see a picture of GJo holding Charlotte up to pet one of the horses.

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Check out the slide-show below