GBA 2021 - Fall Flippingbook

Everyone is focusing on the positives of being back, and picking up where they left off. Even David’s dog, Binx, was back to jumping off the dock, barking at squirrels, and navigating the boat without so much as skipping a beat. Celesta’s 91-year-old mother, Barb van Sickel, went swimming nearly every day, settling into her usual summer routine, despite the fact that it was her first summer in the Bay since Celesta’s father passed away this winter. What US residents missed most about the Bay were their friends and family, but the landscape, fishing, sunsets, and sunrises are a big part of their experience too. “There is no place that touches our souls quite like the rugged beauty of the Bay. We feel ourselves shedding months of bad news as we swim or turn our faces to the sky, water, and wind,” says Patty. “Our gratitude for this place and for our return is as solid as the granite beneath us.”

Photo: John Bjornson

Celesta and John Bjornson’s front dock was ripped off in a storm while they were gone.

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GBA UPDATE Fall 2021

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