Category: Vancouver Island

On Day 17, May 12th, we reluctantly left Long Beach and went to visit family in Qualicum Bay for 3 days. Before leaving the area, though, we stopped for a look at Ucluelet. The day started off wet again. Very wet! I’ve said that Green Point Campground gets top...

Most of Day 16, May 11th, was taken up by a visit to Hot Springs Cove. I’ll start this post by copying the review that I post on TripAdvisor, where I rated it “Average”: “I visited Hot Springs Cove in 1991 and had fond memories of it. Four of...

The morning of Day 15, May 10th, was the first of 3 mornings that we’d wake up at Green Point. The plan for the day was the explore the area, and make the 20-km drive to Tofino to book a boat trip to Hot Springs Cove. Our first impression...

We began Day 14, May 9th, at the Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park campground, where we’d spent the night. A tour of McLean Mill National Historic Site was the main event of the day, which ended at Pacific Rim National Park. Rathtrevor Beach is one of the largest government campgrounds...

On Day 13, May 8th, we started a 2-day drive towards Tofino. I really wanted to see the British Columbia Aviation Museum but it just hadn’t fit into the schedule yet. A last-second decision made it a stop before leaving the Victoria area, though, and I’m extremely glad that...

Day 12, May 7th, turned to be almost funny. I had planned a 260-km old-growth-forest, big-tree circle trip that would take most of the day. We ended up back at the RV park 10 hours later having seen maybe 1/3 of the route. Hour after hour, one incredible beach...

We didn’t get much touristing done on Day 11. We did have a good look at Sidney while working to get our final plumbing problem in the RV repaired. Oceanside RV Resort gets top marks except in the wifi department. Our site, #16, is quite close to one of...

There’s never enough time. As slowly as we travel, we always wish there was more time. Day 10, May 5th, was the only day we had allotted to go into Victoria, and we chose to go to the Royal British Columbia Museum as the heart of the short day....

It’s Wednesday night as I start writing this – 9:40 pm and we’re in the open ocean off Cape Flattery with low rollers. Some passengers are apparently feeling the effects, and I saw a large crew cleaning up a mess on Deck 12 a few minutes ago. It takes...

It’s now Sunday morning at 06:20, and we’re sailing northbound on calm seas past Malcolm Island near the north end of Vancouver Island. I’m on my way home, though on a roundabout route that will take 7 days. For the past couple of days the Coral Princess has been...