A Quick Travel Update

I have not disappeared totally, but recently we have been a bit too busy to be able to play on the Internet, until now. Though I do not have much time as Robyn is getting ready and we’ll be heading out towards Sidney, Victoria. Currently we are staying with friends in Cadboro Bay as we have left Hornby Island as of Saturday.

Yesterday we attended a baby shower for our friend Meghan. It was fun, even if I was to be the exotic entertainment (inside joke). It was pretty weird to be remembered by Meghan’s parents when I haven’t lived in Victoria for more than 20 years too. I am quite disappointed that the Oak Bay Galley (on Estevan) is yet again closed during a visit of mine, it too has been over 20 years since I have fish and chips from there. Perhaps one day they will not have ‘Gone Fishing’.

Summary of Recent Travel

Hornby Island - There are many things I can write about our 7 night stay over on Hornby Island, I have posted about the various critters we saw, though there have been even more since that previous post.

Adding to the list of critters: Harbour Seals, Harbour Porpoise, Turkey Vulture, Otter or Weasel (not quite sure but he had a red coat), just to name a view. We also rescued sea creatures from the ultra-low tide that we have been having as well. 

Miracle Beach – We headed up to Miracle Beach after we left Hornby Island, but the weather was pretty rainy. Keira-Anne (@keiraannemellis) suggested we head up to Mount Washington (@mountwashington), but the weather was not the greatest for that sort of trip. We would love to hit it up in the winter season for some ski and snowboard action though.

Things To Come

Prince of Whales – I have been itching to see some orcas (aka Killer Whales) in our travels and it looks like we’ll be booking a whale watching tour with Prince of Whales on Tuesday. According to their blog they have recently seen a pod playing near San Juan Islands south of us, so hopefully they are still near by and I can get some photos of them. 

Sidney – As I mentioned before, we’re heading up north to the city of Sidney for a bit of a day trip. Sidney is located North of Victoria, and about 10 minutes south of the Swartz Bay (BC Ferry Terminal). My grandparents also used to live there too. We also plan on checking out some of the local beaches near there as well as a lake that Robyn has been talking about called Durance. 

There are numerous places we would love to visit on our trip, but unfortunately we just do not have much time left. We’re heading back to Vancouver on Wednesday (Canada Day) and back to our jobs. This is probably the last time I have a chance to write a blog post until we’re back home. Then I will have to go through over 1000 photos too and see which ones will be uploaded to Flickr.

Oh, and I am writing this on our friend’s Mac too. I miss having a Mac based machine. Perhaps one day I’ll get myself another Mac. I doubt it though, they are still pretty expensive and I need to save my money up for some more important items.