Jumping off...

Tonights our last night in Canada.  Vancouver will be our "jumping off" point.  Found an interesting site about Cook Islanders, heres the link...

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/cook-islanders/1

It's about Cook Islanders leaving the islands for a better life.  One of the photo captions mentions phosphate mining on Makatea Island.  Dad was one of those who went to dig "bird poo", then left for New Zealand.  I hope he found what he was looking for... I hope we do too.

This is Tania writing at the moment.  The bags are packed, the boys are snoring and I'm ready to hit the hay.  I think that once our mountain of luggage is checked in, we have gone through American customs and security, the excitement will kick in.  A bit too tired right now to feel it.  The past two weeks have been a great time to catch up with friends and family but the drawn out farewell has been emotionally draining.  Really looking forward to hitting the beach.  Ka kite til next time.