August 27 – September 4: The smoke cleared after a few days of rain and behold, Vancouver Island! One of the most beautiful places on earth! After an adventurous ferry ride with Liv and Vigo (the rig in its full capacity), we drove over the island to the Tofino-Ucluelet area, visiting the perimeter of Pacific Rim National Park.
We headed back over the Victoria side of the island on August 29 camping north of Victoria, just south of Sidney and Swartz Bay. We had a few days of site seeing and riding our bikes on a variety of trails in the area. Grace took the ferry from Seattle on September 1st joining us in Victoria and hanging with us for the following week.
August 27: The journey from Horse Shoe Bay, BC to Nanaimo, Vancouver Island
August 27 – 29: Tofino to Ucluelet (SW side of Vancouver Island)
Vancouver Island from Sidney to Port Renfrew:
- Our bike ride across Kinsol Trestle, the highest and largest RR trestle in the Commonwealth up in Cowichcan Valley
- Lunch in Port Renfrew, which is basically straight across from Port Angeles, WA
Victoria: I got to celebrate my birthday at the Empress Hotel with High Tea!
Site Seeing in the Sidney Area and Swartz Bay to include a late afternoon kayaking ride with Grace and a small tour group
Buchart Gardens–much more amazing than I imagined!
The Traveling Lounsburys 