{"id":314,"date":"2015-07-23T06:36:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T06:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/?p=314"},"modified":"2015-07-23T06:36:41","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T06:36:41","slug":"its-always-the-mothers-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"It’s always the mother’s fault"},"content":{"rendered":"

We stayed at Goldstream Provincial Park when we got to the island. Just 16 \u00a0km northwest of Victoria, it meant a short drive from the ferry assuming we could find it. If you follow Google, it will take you to the day use\/picnic area, which is not where you camp. When you get there, there will be a sign telling you to go back 1.6 km. It’s really more like 2.5 km, resulting in one more turnaround.<\/p>\n

We’ve been spoiled up until now, travelling so far North. No matter what time we made it into camp, we still had light to set up by. Not so in Victoria. Not only was the sunset earlier, camping in the rainforest means not a lot of light makes it in anyway.<\/p>\n

All that to say, it was 9:30 pm, dark, chilly and the kids were a little strung out after a long car ride and too much candy. (Side note: travelling with Papa means that at the end of the day, the only food left in the car is candy. It’s like he’s part hummingbird.)<\/p>\n

Tent finally set up – including arguments about Papa’s missing light -we settled down to a gourmet dinner of macaroni and cheese with hotdogs and kimchee. (Addendum to side note: Papa lives on candy AND kimchee. He brought 3 bottles.)<\/p>\n

The next morning, we got a chance to explore the park in the light. It was much bigger than it seemed, considering its just past Langford and through the small town of Goldstream. In fact, as we entered it through a more industrial part of town and a run down trailer park, we wondered what kind of park we’d see in the light. We needn’t have worried. By day, we were surrounded by rainforest – massive trees and ferns in dappled sunlight.\"IMG_20150722_102713\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Naturally, when it came time to pack up after breakfast (2 dropped pancakes, much to our chef’s consternation), the kids decided they needed to explore. Lake’s bike, having been stored in the trailer, needed its handlebars straightened and tightened. I took care of it for him and said I’d meet them up there. The route went past the showers and I thought I’d stop there first.<\/p>\n

I made my way up a big hill, just behind the kids. I was so proud of them for riding the whole way up. By the time I got to the playground and mountain bike park, Lake had already done an endo and both were sitting in the middle of the trail. I thought maybe he’d hit his brakes too hard off a bump. But it turns out that I overestimated my bike repair skills – I’d attached his handlebars backwards so when he turned the corner, his wheel stopped dead. When I told him what happened, he looked at me with his tear stained face and said accusingly, “It’s YOUR fault.” I couldn’t really argue. He was cheered when I took a picture of his wound to add to our photo album of vacation mishaps. It’s a family tradition.\u00a0\"IMG_20150722_112241\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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We stayed at Goldstream Provincial Park when we got to the island. Just 16 \u00a0km northwest of Victoria, it meant a short drive from the ferry assuming we could find it. If you follow Google, it will take you to the day use\/picnic area, which is not where you camp. When you get there, there … Continue reading It’s always the mother’s fault<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}