Rick's folks are amazing! They are both in their 80's and they come every two weeks when it works for them to spend time with their oldest son. This should be a time in their life where they are foot loose and care free but unfortunately, have not had this luxury this past while.
Rick and I have many cherished memories of going to Wisconsin Dells, New Foundland, & Vancouver Island with them.
We had so very many laughs with them in our travels. We were with Doreen & Wendal shooting pool , getting "Screeched in", going into the mines under the ocean on Bell Island, Doreen almost falling into the ocean as she touched the ocean for the first time in New Foundland.
Watched them take off in a helicopter, hearing about the not so famous "House on the Rock" from Wendal (which we drove a few hours for him to see as we thought it would be right up his alley! lol) them witnessing my first attempt to book a motel on line and finding out what you see on line was not what was there for us when we arrived in Wisconsin Dells.
Witnessing how Doreen would spot and point out the whales way out in the ocean before any of us on our whale watching tour even got a glimpse they were there. Out of the blue, being invited into a house boat on the Victoria Island Harbour to get THE tour of a home that was featured in a magazine. Watching them ride away on the rickashaw as they headed out for a evening dinner. Watching Wendal and Doreen have an artist draw a pic of them on the harbour. Having the most exquisite dinner for my birthday with the wine paring experience. One of the weird things was touring through the Titanic Exhibit with them in Victoria. We were all given tickets to board the ship with real life names of people and occupations. At the end we found out who lived through the Titanic. Wendal, Doreen and I lived through it but Rick was one of the ones to perish. Rick and I often look back at that moment and go "wow, that was so weird!".
It was so important for Rick to go with them to the Atlantic Ocean and to the Pacific Ocean. We experienced "Mile 0 to Mile 0" in Canada. These are all so many memories that are fresh in Rick's mind about his folks never mind when they come here and take care of him!
Kudos to you Wendal and Doreen!!!
