Celebrating Friday the 13t

By Michael Becker
News Editor

GETTING married .s a
dicey proposition on the
best of days.

John and abeth Obon
gambled on Friday the [3th
one fateful day in August of

relationship remains solid.

The couple didn’t really
attach too much superstition ta
the date.

Said John Olson, “We were
young and madly in love.

“We thought if we get mar-
tied on Friday the 13th people
would think it was bad luck, so
if we survive that, we'll live
happily ever after. I think bs
cally turned out that way,
he sai

The Ambleside couple mar-
ried and spent their huney-
moon hiking along the West
Coast Trail on Vancouver
Island.

“When vou’re young,
youre not quite as supersti-
tious as you are when vou get
older. There was a time when I
would walk under ladders and
think nothing of it,” Olson
said. They hiked south along
the rugged tail. D:
brought much rain.
into the tek the Ols
stopped by a river made
impassable by flooding. They
had to turnaround and retrace
their strides to Bamfield.

They seturned safely albeit
with great hunger: they had
hiked with just enough food
for a one-way stretch of the

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NEWS photo Brad Ledwidac

ELIZABETH and Jolin
Olson, married on Friday
the 13th 25 years ago,
remain lucky in love.

trail.

“We were famished and we
had to wait for the store to
open,” John remembers.

¥ tend to spend their
wedding anniversary sailing the
Gulf Islands aboard Little
Voices, their Seabird 37° sail-
boat.

The Olsons manage condo-
miniums for a living
on the North Shore
vice-president of | Carriage
Management, Elizabeth is a
property manager for the West
Vancouver company.

Friday the 13th is a good
day for the Olsons.

Said Elizabeth Olson, “You
always have a feeling that it’s a
special day when it’s once or
twice a year.”

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