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A stressful morning and a pleasant afternoon.
We got up and hurriedly prepared to leave the campground. We had to get out by 9am to drive, through rush-hour into
2007 08 02 – Big Trip – Day 94 – Shir Gets a New Cast
August 3rd, 20072007 08 01 – Big Trip – Day 93 – Olympic National Park
August 3rd, 2007KOA
We squeezed two days into one on this gloriously sunny day. We wanted to see Olympic national park and we had to get to
2007 07 31 – Big Trip – Day 92 – Victoria to Washington
August 1st, 2007KOA Campground,
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Today was half
The ferry ride is 90 minutes, and it goes 17 miles in a straight line from
2007 07 30 – Big Trip – Day 91 – Victoria
August 1st, 2007Today was a beautiful sunny day. Finally. We drove into town from last night’s campground straight to tonight’s destination. This is a new campground right on the water and is part of a marina residence project that includes houses floating on the water.
After making some phone calls we took an expensive water taxi across the harbor to downtown
2007 07 29– Big Trip – Day 90 – Victoria
July 30th, 2007KOA 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. Read the rest of this entry »
2007 07 28– Big Trip – Day 89 – Buchart Gardens
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. Read the rest of this entry »
2007 07 27 – Big Trip – Day 88 – Playground
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. Read the rest of this entry »
2007 07 26– Big Trip – Day 87 – Driving in Vancouver Island
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. Read the rest of this entry »
2007 07 25– Big Trip – Day 86 – Driving in Vancouver Island
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. Read the rest of this entry »
2007 07 24– Big Trip – Day 85 – Getting to Vancouver Island
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