Nikki visits!

Nikki Tate arrived on Friday for a visit before starting a grueling week-long school tour here in the Kootenays. On Saturday, Jim went hiking with a friend, so we had the day to ourselves; Nikki worked in the office creating a new awards deadline database for us (of course, she did an amazing job!) and helped me get started on my first clothing sewing project - pajama bottoms. Then we had a nice walk with Gus up to the log house our friends and new-neighbours-to-be Deryl and Jan are building. On Sunday there was a scheduled 6 hour power-outage from 8 am - 2 pm; before the power went off I made lots of coffee for the thermal carafe, put toast in a hot oven and Jim made us brie omlettes. We had a wonderful morning relaxing by the fire and reading to our hearts content, taking breaks to refill our coffee mugs, and have little chats. It was a perfect morning!
Nikki left early Sunday afternoon to drive to Kaslo. With daylight savings having just started, she had to leave early so she wasn't driving in the dark. It's a good thing she did, as she ended up driving in a terrible snow storm. You can follow Nikki's trip here.