Change of Plans

I have this week booked off work for vacation, the remaining 2 weeks I am saving for December so I don't have to work up to the very end of the pregnnacy. DH and I had this fabulous 5 day kayak trip planned in Johnstone Strait -an area frequented by orca whales. Both of us were really looking forward to the trip, and once baby Silver comes we won't be able to go to places like this for a little while.

On Friday DH broke his left ring finger when he fell off his bike. It's a spiral fracture, so they put him in this huge splint that goes from his finger tips to just below his elbow. He has to wear that for the first 10 days and then will be able to reduce down to just a finger splint or taping the finger to the neighbouring one. Unfortunately he can't really grip or manage his paddle properly in the current splint, so we've been brainstorming alternative places to go. Last night we came up with a plan. We are going to take our van and go camping on the Sunshine Coast north of Vancouver. We'll do some day hikes and explore that area a bit more that we have before. If DH's finger is better in a couple of weeks we'll go kayaking where we'd planned on the Labour Day long weekend.