Cheese, Glorious Cheese

While I was in Courtenay today I visited a cheese shop and factory.
http://www.naturalpastures.com/

Now I have never heard of natural pastures and don't think I ever tried the cheeses. But today I went in and sampled at least 8 kinds of cheese and was it ever lovely. They have their own special milk, and process and the result is these mouth-watering local cheeses.

I couldn't decide, but I finally went with the one with cumin inside it. I just popped some of it between two tortillas and warmed and toasted it in a cast-iron frying pan, cut it into small wedges and we had the best afternoon snack we have had in some time.

We don't eat a lot of cheese, it is pricey and has too much fat for general everyday consumption, but we sure do enjoy our cheese fiestas when we have them.

River Walk

http://www.city.courtenay.bc.ca/visitors/gallery/courtenay-river-walk.aspx

Took this lovely river walk in the town of Courtenay this morning. I am really enjoying this little town on Vancouver Island. It has a bit of everything, some river, some ocean, some mountains and a whole lot of spirit.

We are narrowing down our search for where we are going to buy a place. I think we are down to Courtenay and Powell River. While Courtenay is on Vancouver Island, Powell River is more isolated two ferries above Vancouver.

They both have what we like; coffee shops, art, music, friendly people, decent prices (in an unreal market) and great scenery.

It seems to me that the real estate might be about to swing down a bit, so we will likely wait this out. I would like to make an offer on a house in the midst of winter, when the sellers are sick of selling and just want to see it gone.

So with another 5 months of housesitting already lined up, we are in a pretty good position for looking around.

Loving every day of this adventure.