And so it begins – I left Sechelt this morning with a sky blushing over the ocean. Dolphins were dipping and flipping down below our Beaver floatplane. It’s so wonderful to get another perspective of our little piece of the world and all the tiny cartoon-sized boats and tugs.

I waited for my next mode of transportation in a gorgeous little downtown coffee shop called Bacco’s in Nanaimo. Did I succumb to my usual cappuccino? Nope. I had decaf earl grey tea. The most amazing thing was that I loved smelling all the great coffee but I really didn’t want one. How is this possible?

If you ever get a chance to take the VIA train anywhere between Victoria and Courtenay, BC – I would say – jump at it. Kevin and I rode this one-car pretend train a couple of years ago, and it just makes me smile. It’s bizarre to be hearing all that train sound choo-choo-ing and the constant whistling through every junction and yet it’s only one car. I thought by definition a ‘train’ had to have more than one car in tandem, but apparently this little car just does its own thing. Very fun.

But now I’m here at the Fresh Start Health Retreat in Oyster Bay, BC. Settled into my gorgeous little room overlooking the ocean.

Tonight’s raw food diet dinner was incredible, filling, nutritous and mind-expanding and I’ll write more about it later, but it was the dessert that knocked me out. This ‘cheesecake’ was made with all raw healthy plant-based items and it was better than the real thing. Seriously. Not just because I felt virtuous eating it but it also felt as good in the belly as it did on the palate. It was fresh and divine.

I had stacked books in my suitcase with the vision of lounging about and wondering how to fill my day. Uh…no. I’ve received a binder that is filled with how it’s all going to proceed, starting with tomorrow morning’s yoga class at 7:00 a.m.

But just in case you think I’m having too much fun? I need to wrap this up because there is one more item on the schedule before bed.

Yessir…we’re meeting in the dining room for our 8:30 p.m. prunce juice. Wahoo!