In wake of Papa's death, Mary and Sam travel

Mary is still mourning the death of her father and a couple of times she speaks of it. Mary and Sam have left town and are in Canada to help break the sadness. When they get home, Sam takes the dog and goes duck hunting.

Friday, Oct. 22, 1948

Today we ate breakfast downstairs and checked out of the hotel. To the dock and could not get on the 11:15 ferry but at 12:15 got on the Princess Kathleen and arrived in Nanaimo at 3. Then it was 73 miles to Victoria so now we have a motel a couple of miles out. We ate our lunch on the boat and it was lovely. Such service and what a wonderful chrysanthemu...