KOA Victoria West, Malahat,
We spent the day in
By the time we drove into town and parked it was almost noon. There was an antique car show in downtown and half the tourist streets were closed to traffic. (more…)
Archive for July, 2007
2007 07 29– Big Trip – Day 90 – Victoria
Monday, July 30th, 20072007 07 28– Big Trip – Day 89 – Buchart Gardens
Sunday, July 29th, 2007KOA Victoria West, Malahat,
We woke up to a drizzly misty morning in Tofino and were glad to get out of there as soon as we could. We drove over 300km to get to
On the way we made just one stop, at Cathedral Grove, which has 800 year old Douglas Firs, Cedars, and Hemlock trees. We stretched our legs on a 10 minute walk and got back to driving. The kids behaved impeccably. (more…)
2007 07 27 – Big Trip – Day 88 – Playground
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Crystal Cove
Shabbat Shalom.
Today was a cloudy slightly chilly day. We spent it in entirety at the campground playground. To be more exact, the children played while either Paola or I were on watch. It was great to see them enjoy, and the weather didn’t really pick up with the day, so we ditched plans to go to the beach again. Ron found some friends to play with, and we always support that, because usually it takes him a while to warm up to other kids his age and older. (more…)
2007 07 26– Big Trip – Day 87 – Driving in Vancouver Island
Friday, July 27th, 2007Crystal Cove
Today Orr and Shir are 23 months old. It’s hard to believe that next month they will celebrate 2 years! When we got up this morning, it was cold and cloudy. It looked like it would rain any minute. We left Ucluelet and drove to the
It was still cloudy and chilly when we started a 1km Bog Trail. (more…)
2007 07 25– Big Trip – Day 86 – Driving in Vancouver Island
Friday, July 27th, 2007Ucluelet Campground, Ucluelet,
We had a long drive this morning so we left the campground in
About halfway through, the road became narrow and very winding, so we had to drive very slowly. (more…)
2007 07 24– Big Trip – Day 85 – Getting to Vancouver Island
Friday, July 27th, 2007We bid
We took a cab from the hotel in downtown to the campground where we parked the RV. I breathed a sigh of relief when we got there and everything was OK. While Paola unpacked, I played with the kids in the campground playground. We then drove a few miles west to
2007 07 23– Big Trip – Day 84 – Local in Vancouver
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Hampton Inn,
No Pictures Today
Finally the rain stopped. As we have covered all the tourist attractions we have planned, today was set for doing locals’ attractions. We took a bus to the hip Kitsilano neighborhood on
2007 07 22– Big Trip – Day 83 – Yet Another Rainy Day in Vancouver
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Hampton Inn,
2007 07 21– Big Trip – Day 82 – Another Rainy Day in Vancouver
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Hampton Inn,
A cloudy drizzly morning did not stop us from touring the city. We walked a few blocks down
Granville Island, not really and island, used to be a run down industrial area, but good planning turned it into a hip urban market, especially on the weekends. (more…)
2007 07 20– Big Trip – Day 81 – A Rainy Day in Vancouver
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Hampton Inn,
Shabbat Shalom.
Today it rained most of the time. We therefore planned indoor activities and went out whenever the sky let up for a bit. At the hotel we got up around 9:30am, and barely made it to the nice breakfast served till 10am.
When we got out of the hotel there was no rain, so we started walking up
We spent 3 hours at the museum, covering all the galleries. The first and most impressive was an exhibit of Impressionist art dubbed “From Monet to Dali†on loan from the Cleveland Museum of Art. It was a good collection and by the end of the exhibit Ron already knew about Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso’s Blue Period and Rodin’s Thinker.
The rest of the exhibits were of modern art and modern Canadian art. Thankfully Shir and Orr fell asleep in the stroller and Ron was a good sport. (more…)