Bluebird Motel Nanaimo
995 Terminal Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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White, wet, fluffy, light, magic stuff at last.
After a quick stop at Walmart to buy some snowboots and pants for the kids, we headed north to Vancouver Island's snow field, Mt Washington. We were beginning to wonder if we would see snow as it was so dreary and wet. But as we climbed up the road leading to the mountain we started to see snow and the next thing the rain turned into snow – magical! The kids were frothing at the mouth to get out of the car into it, so we found a pull in area where other people had parked and ...
Bonus
... ik een stijle klim tot een diep overhangende rots. Hier wordt duidelijk veel geklommen, maar gezien ik op m'n eentje ben besluit ik maar niet aan de touwen te gaan zwieren.
sAvonds nog wat op de mandoline tokkelen en dan de tent in. Om na een uurtje weer wakker te worden van het gebral en de muziek van de buren. Ze hebben morgen vrijaf (Dag van de arbeid in Canada) en dat wordt gevierd met veel kabaal.
Net wanneer ik mijn zeurnevende ...
Why the Middle East?
... is an excuse. A justification for spending several weeks in a foreign city with nothing else to do. If I want to feel like this is a vacation I want to stay put and chill out. I've spent enough time traversing continents that it has started to feel like work. I'm pretty good at sitting still and watching the world go by over a nice cup of coffee and a good book. But I could hardly justify flying around the world to do only that. So studying Arabic is ...
Encounter with seals
... to get some lunch first as our ferry was still a few hours from departure. Ed and the young guy working recommended a Thai restaurant in the area we had walked earlier this morning. We remembered seeing it and found it easily with their directions. It was a good recommendation - the food was delicious! It was also nice to be in a heated environment for an hour to warm up and dry off completely.
We went back to the dive shop and the young guy working ...
May & June : Nanaimo & Tofino
... tops of trees. The through the mist, a mountain top in the distance. Then before we knew it, we were surrounded by tiny islands, conifers, mountains that stretched the entire coastline, some so high they were still dusted with snow. Eagles soared overhead and the beautiful fishing port of Nanaimo scrawled through the green vastness. Gobsmacked is not the word.
Over the next few days, every time we drove through Nanaimo we had our cameras glued to our ...


