It was a rainy, windy Sunday afternoon. No better time to slap together some turkey sandwiches, bundle up Mads and load the Jeep full of friends for a journey west, to Jordan River err, River Jordan.
It takes about an hour or so (depending if you stop in Sooke for a nuk-nuk and some peanut butter cups or not) to make it to British Columbia’s wild west coast. Here is the soundtrack. Coral and I picked a few of our favourites right now.
01) Maria Taylor – A Good Start
02) Bright Eyes – Devil Town
03) Joe Purdy – Can’t Get It Right Today
04) The National – Mr. November
05) Glen Hansard – Falling Slowly
06) Sara Bareilles – Gravity
07) Josh Radin – Today
08) The Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use Jelly
09) Jimmy Eat World – Work
10) Maria Taylor – Clean Getaway
11) Jealous Sound – Hope For Us
12) Interpol – Untitled
13) Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
14) Grand Archives – Swan Matches
15) The National – Slow Show
16) Explosions in the Sky – Your Hand in Mine
and would you look at that, the playlist times out at an hour. This is a pretty easy listening mix and contains lots of standards here at the Baker Homestead.
While we were out in Jordan River we found a restaurant for sale! Just $635,000! ha. ONLY!
We daydreamed about how fantastical it would be to live out in Jordan River and instantly double the population operating a surf bar and grill on the beach.
The for sale business is the orangey building three in from the left along the “strip” of Jordan River. Coral and I have adventured out that way many times in our relationship and have never seen it open. I guess that goes to show how sound of a business it might be, but still… it sure would be fun. The restaurant sits on a fairly impressive lot. There is a house behind the storefront (that needs some work) and a good sized yard, plus, um, you’re almost right on the Ocean! We\d stock the bar, serve the best burgers, put a hostel (and radio station, that’s my idea, shhh, don’t tell Coral or Alix, I haven’t OK’d that with them yet) in the basement and killer patio to watch the waves. I guess the mortgage payment on $650,000 would be more than the business could generate… $3,500-$4,000 a month sound right? zoinks! and no bank would lend me that money anyways. Better get me a lotto 649 ticket today.
I still think the western areas of Vancouver Island are the final frontiers. The land is empty and it is gorgeous. Its move west or north of the Malahat and if you asked me, west is best! Oh well… day dreams over, time to make a sandwich, a salad or soup or something, change the baby’s diaper and get ready for work.
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 
wow. that’s a life goal i can get into.
i would LOVE to run my own little place like that… home cooking and good beers. in a beautiful setting.
i’ll buy a lotto ticket too… we can be partners
🙂
Just found your story/dream, just in case you wondered.. My partners and I bought the old Jordan River Orange building for a song in 2014, set it up as the best pizza in Canada, with craft beer of course, also used half the building as a photo gallery. Made some good dough, had crazy good music evenings, surfed, watched the sun rise and set, counted Orcas… until BCHydro decided an earthquake was coming , time will spent and nice reward paid!, 🙂
so many dream but very few actually do..
Thank you for finding this old blog story and sharing your adventures in Jordan river!