PERSPECTIVE
I had no grasp at all about how big Canada was, let alone the size of Vancouver Island. I have been living on Maui for quite some time and when I think of island, I think of a place that is small with everywhere easy to access. I mean how long can it take to get around an island? After I was told that it would take about 15 hours to circumnavigate I had to scratch my head and come up with a new solution. We‘d already been in the car and on the boat for some 15 hours. We couldn’t sit any longer. We were also minus some of our traveling buddies now as Graham, Ruben and Russ took-off for safer ground. From this point on it was just the Newms and myself left.
GOOD FORTUNE
While scoping-out the map, searching for our destination and a plan, as if by magic, the Golden Ticket flew into my iPhone’s inbox, mailed to me by a Canadian windsurfer. “Hey this is Tom. I heard you are on Vancouver Island. I have a Mooney 252 Turbo airplane and would love to fly you guys around the island. I will show you all the windsurfing spots from the air – it would be my pleasure.” I passed the email over to the Newms and we both smiled at our incredible luck.