A few weeks ago I wrote about how I had spent all of one Friday night searching for a specific piece of equipement that I wanted to try out for my new business and I had managed to find a used one up in Canada just a few hours from me. Well Tuesday I went up there to pick it up.
My sister had actually come into town for a visit and since the piece of equipement was up in Victoria BC I figured we could make a mini vacation out of it and go up and spend the night. The whole endeavor turned out to be much easier then I anticipated as we took the ferry over (beatiful ride through the San Juan islands) and then managed to stop and pick up the piece of equipement on the way into Victoria itself (the ferry dock is slightly north of the actual city). I'm really happy with the equipement. It's not 100% what I wanted - but it's 99% of the way there and I can purchase another piece if needed to make up for that extra 1%. Most importantly though it's in good clean working condition and I really wanted to see the machine for myself rather than blindly purchase it online via EBAY having no idea what sort of condition it was in.
After we picked up the machine I had to do a little bit of work and then my sister and I hit the town to check out the city. It's really a very cute little city and was pretty quiet given that April is not a busy season for them. Luckily we had great April weather - cloudy but no rain - so were able to walk around all day, get some good food and try out some of the region's wine before heading back on the ferry yesterday. Despite the fact I was freaked about getting this machine back through customs it turns out that the customs agents are more concerned with weapons and drugs then legal equipment bringing brought back over the border so we made it back in one piece.
Now I'm trying to finish up a few last minute things before heading off on a real mini vacation through the weekend so I'll be back next week.
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