I almost forgot. My grandfather was a carpenter too. And my uncle moved to Sooke after my grandfather. They built a lot of houses. My uncle as contractor built a lot of high-end mansions in the 70s and early 80s until the market fell out. He was a millionaire and then not, faster than he made it. He kept building when he should have stopped. He then moved on to Colorado and Florida chasing that dragon. He's now been in China for decades as a self-help author.

I like Tofino. I have 80+ books on Northwest art, many bought in 1999 and 2000, before the Internet had a lot of resources. I'm not an expert but I am certainly advanced in the study of the art, and by extension the culture that gives it context. In 2004, while animating TV commercials in NYC I corresponded with the UBC Museum of Anthropology about developing an animation in a Haida-like style. They hooked me up with some folks doing a series. They offered me the opportunity to direct some episodes. I turned them down and still wonder if it was a good idea. All the voices were First Nations actors, but it was all animated in a room of white guys in Calgary. I am a white guy and feel no guilt, but I had in mind hiring or teaching the tools to First Nations artists and having them on the team. We would have integrated more of their culture, their dance, movement, timing, etc. rather than Disneyfying it all. Not to mention all that PC stuff about good jobs for minorities, etc.