Chinook Motel Port Angeles

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So after an hour or the bus and sky train we arrived at Tsawwassen Bay ferry terminal and boarded to make the trip over to Vancouver Island, we were met at Schwatz Bay by our host Rowena. This was to be our first couch surfing experience in a while, since Calgary in fact, and it was good to have that sense of nervous expectation again when meeting our host.

Rowena was so easy to talk to, she was fantastic in coming to meet us and putting us at ...

After a couple of cups of BLACK coffee, Kathy sent me off with some sandwiches and fruit for my drive to Kelowna via the ferry from Tsawassen to the mainland. After the hour and a half ferry ride, I set out on the 5 hour drive through the Fraser Delta, the Cascade Mountains and then on to the ...

... gave a study in symmetrical shades of blue. We could see across to Mount Arrowsmith. On a day like that, so bright and clear, with a high enough vantage point it felt like we could have seen forever.

We returned to Cathedral Grove, taking a different trail. This led us through more verdant forest, past 800 year old cedars. What astounding changes these timeless trees have seen, the tearing down of an ...

... anchored just off the pier. Unwilling to let a full day of traveling slow us down, we hopped right back into the Jeep and headed out to Olympic National Park. Even though we didn't know it at the time, this would be one of the true highlights of our trip. To start things off right, we got in free because it was Father's Day weekend. Sweet! The mountain scenery was beautiful and the ...

... went on to Sequim where there is a giant Costco that Michael was very excited to visit. These are an institution in the US and are pretty extraordinary. I managed to get 2 2Gig scancards for my camera for only $34 which is amazingly good value and we bought various supplies for that night's party. Meg and Paul had invited lots of friends and their kids for a barbie in our honour which was just gorgeous, but feeding 20 for dinner ...

Today a small miracle happened..... we found something which didn't incur tax! National Park Passes don't have tax! Don't know why not but wahooo! When something already costs $80 you don't want to be paying anything else on top of that! So that's us on the road to see as many as we can, the full 391 might be pushing it but we reckon we can squeeze in at least 10. Though we would get there faster if America had half decent road signs and towns ...

... old. We had lost touch over the years, but we were keen to track them down and let them know about Mike. This seemed to be the opportune time. We had expected to just look them up in the phone book, but it turned out that they had given up their land-line phone and now used only cell phones. After quite a bit of digging around on the internet (thank goodness for Google!), we finally turned up a reference to MaryKate as Associate Professor and Director ...

... off all my student loans, have been living abroad for two years, have visited 7 countries in the past two years and I can't afford a measly $200 flight."....YA, UH-HUH. Anyways, so not bitter ;o) I do finally arrive in Victoria and my loving family is at the gate (as always!). It's nice to see some friendly and familiar faces after a year of ups and downs. I will divide my summer time into chunks between Vic and North Van. Can't hardly wait!

... The evening around the harbour is great. you don't even have to do anything, just walking around is entertaining enough! Alli Baba's pizza is DELICiousS! fresh fish n chips..annnnnnnd same with flying chocolate bars! Rent a Scooter, walk in the park, feed a seal, or buy a goat...victoria i will be back! And when it's time to part ways never turn back..trust your gut instinct!! it's usually right...