Today was a day of new territory with us leaving mainland Canada for Vancouver Island.
The day started off in North Vancouver at Cliff and Karen's home with the rain coming down in classic west coast fashion. We were lucky the day before having arrived in sunshine. We went off for coffee with Cliff and Karen and had a quick tour of Deep Cove. Deep Cove is small community in North Van. located along the Indian Arm a beautiful spot even in the rain. Cliff and Dawson then went off on a 5 km trail run in Mt Seymour Provincial Park, an excellent run although somewhat muddy.
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| Cliff and Dawson ready for the run |
It was then a quick departure so that we could make the ferry for Naniamo but we had to get a picture of the group. Unfortunately for Bruce this meant we had to take the photo in his bedroom as he had not gotten up yet. The lump on the bed below is Bruce
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| Alex, Karen, Cliff, Julie, Dawson and lump Bruce |
We arrived at the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal with lots of time in hand ready for our 1 hr and 45 min. ferry ride. The ride was uneventful but did offer some opportunities for photos.
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| View looking back at Horseshoe Bay |
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| Coming into Nanaimo |
From Nanaimo we chose to drive up highway 19A which travels along the coast. In French Creek we stopped for lunch at a restaurant overlooking the harbour and the local dragger fleet
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| The Dakota (our home) at French Creek Harbour |
From French Creek it was a short drive up to Comox to stay with friends Rob and Maureena. We met Rob and Maureena in Toronto during some of the sailing coarses we took last winter. We are both pretty excited as we are skiing Mount Washington tomorrow and the forecast is for 19 cm of fresh snow over night.
Cheers
Dawson and Julie
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