We're now in Tofino, BC (above photo from Mackenzie Beach). Tofino is across Vancouver Island from where we were last (Nanaimo), on the west coast. It's rugged and lovely. It feels like a California surf town plopped down somewhere in Alaska. The drive over here was not even close to…
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Today we drove north to check out the towns of Courtenay and Comox. We took the oceanside route and we're glad we did. We got to see some really lovely towns, including Qualicum Beach. There are a bunch of oceanside RV resorts near here and we'd definitely come back and…
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This is what the campsites along the waterfront look like here at Living Forest Oceanside Campground and RV Park: Our spot is on the terrace right above (I took this from the dinette window). The park is terraced so in additional to all the waterfront sites there are plenty of…
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This afternoon after finishing up most of a work day, we headed by bike back into downtown Nanaimo and took the little ferry over to Newcastle Island. That's Newcastle on the left, and Protection Island on the right. Newcastle Island is a marine provincial park just across the harbor, and…
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We rode our bikes into town late this morning and did a little sightseeing and picked up a couple Canada pins for our collection. Check out my bike bag now! We rode all over the waterfront, and stopped and had some gelato and some fish & chips (in that order). …
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We're in Nanaimo for the next few nights, at the Living Forest Oceanside Campground. Our spot is great — full hookups, a water view, cable TV, and fast Wi-Fi. We left the lovely Pedder Bay Marina and RV Resort this morning at 11am, drove about an hour and a half to…
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One of the main reasons we are staying here at the Pedder Bay Marina RV Park is because it's close to the town of Sooke, home of the Sooke Harbor House. Some friends of ours told us about this place (out on Whiffin Spit, in Sooke, B.C.) many years ago…
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This morning we got up pretty early and did a few hours of work before we took a mid-day fishing break and went out to look for some salmon in Pedder Bay with our guide, Chris. Those are the Olympics there in the background, and the Olympic Peninsula. Straight out…
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Last night we went down to the marina to watch the sunset and wander around. The weather has continued to be sunny and gorgrous. The Wi-Fi here at Pedder Bay is slow and inconsistent so it's a little hard to work as efficiently as we'd like to, and we've got…
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We're all set up in our new campsite at Pedder Bay Marina and it's lovely. We left our spot in Bellingham at 6am this morning and caught the 8:25am ferry from Anacortes to Sidney, BC. The M/V Chelan: We pretty quickly headed into a fog bank and couldn't see much…
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