The document discusses living in a tipi. It describes the narrator visiting their friend Dik Budd in Merville, Vancouver Island in 1973. They took ferries and long bus rides to reach Courtenay. There, Dik and his friends lived in tipis near a river. The narrator spent time helping with chores like carrying water and splitting wood. They enjoyed playing baseball, drinking homemade beer and wine, and eating from the garden. It was a simple but enjoyable way of life in the late summer by the river.