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Just a quick post to get us back to Majuro via Toronto.
Halifax was awesome. Meeting more family, visiting then site of a memorial to David's father's death (in 1952).
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=46rom Facebook post: "Nova Scotia. It's not cold, I say to David. On this trip we have traversed Canada from the Pacific to the Atlantic. I wade into the water wanting to connect with this ocean.
We are visiting a memorial to navy personal who died in peace time and listed there is David's father's name. A navigator, he died in an air crash when David was just two years old. It's a poignant family moment. Mary is a recently found cousin and her and David are swapping stories about the generations gone before.
We are staying in a gorgeous big house with Mary's daughter, husband J and 2 delightful children.
I visit the Halifax Apple store to get a part and the woman who serves me usd to work at Whitireia. We excitedly named all the people we knew in common. It gave me a warm feeling of connection.
Went berry picking with the children, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. We ate more than we took back to the house. Just like when I was a kid.
Later.
I'm sitting on the Halifax foreshore watching yachts sail past. And for the first time in nearly three weeks feel a moment of missing Navire.
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At dusk we liked into J's boat and went for a tour of the lake. With a 150HP engine (compared to Nature's 40) it felt going at rocket speed. Suddenly just as it got dark J stopped the boat stripped off his t-shirt and leapt into the water. I didn't hesitate, strip down to bra and panties and leapt in too. A little colder than the Majuro lagoon but exhilarating.
Back at the house we ate locally caught clams and halibut."
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The drive back to Nova Scotia took two days, then train to Toronto and bus to Chiefs Island up in the Muskoka Lakes. A glorious five days there eating, swimming, hangign out with family.
Next leg was to Brantford to stay on cousin Fiona's farm and chill out in beautiful countryside and write for a few days. David left early and went sailing on Lake Ontario with cousin Douglas. We joined him for a day out with Mary and Angus too:
=46rom Facebook post: "What an awesome trip this is. Four of the cousins and partners have gathered at Mary's including David and Douglas who sailed up overnight from Toronto.
We BBQed and drank too much last night but dragged ourselves out of bed to go sailing this morning.
We sailed through a canal with bridges that opened up to let us through, with more fine dining on the way. Then under a higher bridge back onto lake Ontario.
5 days to go before we fly back to 32 degrees, high humidity, imported produce, lousy restaurants, and our wonderful sailing community, swimming in the sea, Bilgewater Band, and fresh coconut juice."
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Back to Toronto to do last shopping for a year and spend time with the smallest cousins.

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