Best Western The Westerly Hotel Courtenay

... as we skipped class, and instead watched a river otter hunting in the glistening sea. <br><br>We retyurned to Vancouver Island, and drove to Courtenay. We spent the evening with Jim's mum, and had a great dinner of salmon at Comox, with more delicious local wines. Jim's mum shared some of her own very tasty brew with us, and we spent an enjoyable evening swapping travel stories and sharing photos. <br><br>

... had a lovely time but again time to move next stop Duncan. A while ago I was contacted by a host in Duncan and I never reply-ed so I thought I would give them a shout and see if they still required my services. It turned out that they were happy to have me stay and had a whole host of jobs for me. Theses two guys were artists and lived in a beautiful house just outside Duncan with a mountain<br>(Mt Tzauhalem) as a back drop ...

... s the ******* right by the shore there," Det exclaimed. "Do you see him? And he has our fish!" After forty minutes or so of wrestling with the seal, the seal finally got the fish off the line and we got our gear back.<br><br>We trolled the erily calm waters into the early afternoon until ...

... wahl uns diesen anlass genauer anzusehen. es war ein riesiger autotreff mit allem was dazu gehört: live-musik, fress-stände, unzählige alte amerikanische wagen, designer-harleys, tiefer- und höher gelegte autos, totenköpfen als verzierung und so weiter. das war einer der momente in denen vermutlich jeder von uns richtig froh war, dass das zeitalter der 24- und 36-er fotofilmen vorbei ist!<br><br>weiter ging's richtung norden und ...

... Explaining the need for dry bags, rain gear and tarps wasn't easy when the sun here in the Okanagan shines in a bright cloudless sky. Our daughters, their partners and a couple of grandchildren all piled in to two vehicles for our trip to the west coast of BC. Two kayaks were packed on the roof and plugged full of our stuffed dry bags. There were six people in our Ford Explorer as well as much of our gear. The other car, a ...

... at a youth camp called "Power Of Hope" on Cortes, which uses creative arts to empower youth in global concerns. The camp ran for a week and was action packed with workshops, music and theatre. While working as a mentor, I met some very amazing creative and talented youth and staff, who I found very inspiring. I really can't do my experience at the camp justice here, but you can be sure i'll be raving about it to ...

... in Canada over the last 3 weeks I've changed the motto for Tim Hortons from the catchy "You've always got time for Tim Hortons", to the more accurate "There's always a line at Tim Hortons". On this occasion the line was so long that I waited for over 20 minutes only to have to abandon the mission for a bagel as my flight began to board when I was still a good 10 minutes away from being served. And so it was on to Minneapolis.

... revealed lists of Cornish surnames. Meet Jack Penticost and his Cornish wife Lowenna. I thought I knew Sully, but I "don't know Jack" -- he is full of surprises. So, I'm headed off to Cornwall, England on the redeye from Ottawa for my reading break from Trinity Western, to do some location scouting and research. Ten days, entirely on my own. I'm so excited I can hardly sleep already.

... to the Ferry terminal.... there was a bit of a queue. I had arrived just after 4.30pm for the 5pm ferry - usually in plenty time but as it was Thanksgiving weekend there was a bit of a wait. The 5pm ferry had sold out just after 3pm and I had a ticket for the 7pm. The ferry was packed and well I did manage to get on a city bus on the Vancouver side(only $2.25) which dropped me only a couple of blocks from the hostel.

... alcohol - I' haven't drunk a drop since being in England. So today's activity was to walk to and around Stanley Park then got to the aquarium. The walk round was extremely tiring, I worked out that in all I walked about 20km today, added to the exercise yesterday it has made my legs hurt! Although on the walk round it was grey and spitting, I could see the beauty of the park. Lush tall green tress with that woody ...