Cozy!
By mid morning the "early morning fog" lifted from "our beach"
The main town dock in Ucluelet ... the fog bank was at the harbour mouth all day!!!
Bob was very "crabby"Every Vancouver Island resident we have spoken to has said the same thing, “This is the best weather we have had all summer”. OK by us! Every day has been bright warm and sunny without a cloud in the sky. We continued to explore the island, spending more time in Tofino, hiking through a temperate rain forest where only 5% of the available sunshine gets to the forest floor, and touring Ucluelet, which strikes us as being the next Whistler. Somebody is spending a ton of money to open up new residential development sites and……….. these babies won’t be cheap!!!! There is an overriding feeling on the island that you are in someplace special. And, you are!!
We wound up our island visit with a return to Nanaimo and a wonderful dinner at Bob & Karen’s palace overlooking the Strait of Georgia. I foolishly left taking pictures of their location until the light was too low and, the resulting photos do not do their location justice. It is spectacular …….. on a hillside overlooking the Strait and the mountains of the mainland on the other side. Walking distance to the left is a marina and, walking distance to the right is a Country Club. Good move!!!
Bob & Karen cooked up a feed of Dungeness Crabs which we thoroughly enjoyed along with an education on some wonderful Vancouver Island wines. The most “Burgundian” Canadian Pinot Noir I have ever had! They’re not suffering!!
After a relatively early start we made the 10:15 ferry from Duke’s Point to Tsawwassenn (just south of Vancouver). I am always a bit apprehensive driving onto these boats where the 18 wheelers are six inches to either side but, all went well. We made it to Chilliwack for the night and just vegged. Tomorrow………the Okanagan.
We wound up our island visit with a return to Nanaimo and a wonderful dinner at Bob & Karen’s palace overlooking the Strait of Georgia. I foolishly left taking pictures of their location until the light was too low and, the resulting photos do not do their location justice. It is spectacular …….. on a hillside overlooking the Strait and the mountains of the mainland on the other side. Walking distance to the left is a marina and, walking distance to the right is a Country Club. Good move!!!
Bob & Karen cooked up a feed of Dungeness Crabs which we thoroughly enjoyed along with an education on some wonderful Vancouver Island wines. The most “Burgundian” Canadian Pinot Noir I have ever had! They’re not suffering!!
After a relatively early start we made the 10:15 ferry from Duke’s Point to Tsawwassenn (just south of Vancouver). I am always a bit apprehensive driving onto these boats where the 18 wheelers are six inches to either side but, all went well. We made it to Chilliwack for the night and just vegged. Tomorrow………the Okanagan.
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"Bob was really crabby "...just be happy it wasn't you know who...
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