b'Returning to Port(continued from page 57) camping with black bears and trying mountain wedding in Harrison Mills,home on Perry Street for sale online.to get ahead of the forest fires, they BC with the pleasure of their familiesSending their Port Perry relatives toarrived at their new century home from Port Perry and area joining them.dowalkthroughsanddrive-bys,ain August of 2018. Sleeping the first With a shared love of the mountains,thumbs up from an inspector, theynight in their master bedroom floor hiking, coastal beaches they got outpurchasedthehomesight-unseen.on their camping air mattresses, they into nature frequently. But for all theirWe feel privileged to live in a classiclived pretty basically for a week until years away, Pamela and Brent bothPort Perry home for its architecture,the moving truck finally showed up. always had a piece of their heart oncharacter and history, says Pamela,Waking up our first morning here, their families back in Port Perry andbut, whats even better is that thesebacksachingabitfromcamping there was always this sense that theyold homes are the houses we visitedmattresses,thefirstorderofhome were not fully at home.our friends in as kids, so our housetown business was a big breakfast at After a year married in Vancouver,really feels like home to us. Hankss, says Brent, thats how weWinkler shares his birthday with Brent, Pamela and Winkler on the waterfront trail in Pamela and Brent spotted a historicAfterdrivingacrossthecountry,truly knew we were home.his parents anniversary date! Port Perry, February 2019.Brents job as a brand and market-ing consultant enabled him to bringwherethepuppywasborn,Brentkindness, consideration and warmth his job with him to Port Perry with fre- travelledwithhimontheplaneatof people in town. And being home quent trips back to Winnipeg, wherehis feet. Theyve come to know manywith their extended families has been the firm is located. After ten years aspeople and dogs in Port due to theirthe greatest reward. an award winning real estate agent infrequentwalkswithWinkler,whoWe truly believe this is one of the Vancouver,Pamelahasjustrecentlyironically was born on their first wed- greatest places in the country where completed the interprovincial real es- ding anniversary.apersoncouldliveatthistimein tate exam so that she can now becomePamela and Brent are very gratefulhistory. And as all the books, movies a licensed realtor in Port Perry. to truly be home. Theyve had justand poems told us growing up, even-Ononeofhisworktripstoover two years to settle back in, havetually most people return home, and Winnipeg,Brentreturnedwithanmadesomenewfriendsandbeenwhen they do, they can see it for all eight-week old golden doodle puppyreacquaintedwithsomegreatoldthe good that it is., says Smith. namedWinkler.Namedforthefriends. The most noticeable changeBy Pamela Smith,Our dreamy mountain wedding in Harrison Mills, British Columbia. Pamelas parents, Pam and Bev, at Rowena Inn. ruraltownofWinklerManitoba,from the culture of city life being theSpecial to Focus on ScugogHappy Holidays from our staff to your family58FOCUS - DECEMBER 2020'