Cross Canada Trip - The End!
Day 10 - Revelstoke to Vancouver
7:38 am - Well, we are in for a long haul today. Spent the night in Revelstoke which seemed nice although we didn't see much outside of the liquor store & Tim Horton's. They do like bears, they are everywhere.
9:13 am - We just stopped at a random rest area on the shore of Lake Shuswap to switch drivers. Mother Nature treated us to her best display yet, a still lake with a mountain backdrop, jumping fish, big birds and a solitary beaver. We have now travelled over 5000 km and will be saying goodbye to Hwy 1 in a couple of hours.
Nice beaver.
11:03 am - We are just now leaving Kamloops and heading south on Hwy 5. Much to our disappointment it is a toll highway as we were informed by the lady at the Visitor Info Centre. She was a little grumpy but all-in-all we have found the people at the various Info Centres to be very helpful and pleasant. Especially that dude in Regina, he acted as if we were royalty, even phoning restaurants to check menus for us, thanks dude.
Kamloops (Loops of Cam).
Runaway truck escape lane. Yikes!
12:20 pm - So we almost ran out of gas and took a detour off Hwy 5 to Logan's Lake. We had a pretty drive down a winding 97C highway and are almost back on track here in Merritt. Big thanks to CAA and the Triptik, we would be having a lot less fun without it.
2:14 pm - After a quick stop for lunch in Hope we are back on Hwy 1 to Van City. Our restaurant misfortune continues, welcome to McDonald's, we have no fries.
Day 11 - Vancouver to Victoria
3:40 pm - Wow, a lot of ground to cover: Upon arriving in Vancouver we were honked at and cut off by different drivers within 5 minutes, it was like we were back home in Toronto. We drove into downtown through East Hastings which is definitely not a good way to introduce someone to the city. Ghett-oh. We made our way to Rose and Kate's apartment where our Vancouver adventure truly began. Apparently they have small toilets in Vancouver. Plungers are $4.99 at Shoppers Drug Mart. This morning we went to the aquarium at Stanley Park and we both really enjoyed it. My favourite part was the BC Coast tanks and Brenda liked the Belugas. The Sea Otters were really cute too. Now we are parked waiting for the ferry to Swartz Bay.
Welcome to Vancouver.
Puppy love? No. Otter love.
Yet another Jesus imitator.
One happy whale!
Day 13 - Victoria
2:49 pm - On the ferry ride out we got to see whales, and Brenda was really impressed by the organization of BC Ferries. A little better than the Trinidad to Tobago run I guess. We spent yesterday trying to find an apartment -- and we did. Josh knows the guy we are renting from too. It is fully furnished and has a BBQ! We had breakfast this morning with my cousin James then went for a walk along the ocean. We saw some guys kiteboarding, it looked like crazy fun. There are so many things to do here it is overwhelming. Now we are off to meet Brenda's cousin Ryan in Esquimalt. Our trip is almost over.
Almost there.
7:38 am - Well, we are in for a long haul today. Spent the night in Revelstoke which seemed nice although we didn't see much outside of the liquor store & Tim Horton's. They do like bears, they are everywhere.
9:13 am - We just stopped at a random rest area on the shore of Lake Shuswap to switch drivers. Mother Nature treated us to her best display yet, a still lake with a mountain backdrop, jumping fish, big birds and a solitary beaver. We have now travelled over 5000 km and will be saying goodbye to Hwy 1 in a couple of hours.
Nice beaver.11:03 am - We are just now leaving Kamloops and heading south on Hwy 5. Much to our disappointment it is a toll highway as we were informed by the lady at the Visitor Info Centre. She was a little grumpy but all-in-all we have found the people at the various Info Centres to be very helpful and pleasant. Especially that dude in Regina, he acted as if we were royalty, even phoning restaurants to check menus for us, thanks dude.
Kamloops (Loops of Cam).
Runaway truck escape lane. Yikes!12:20 pm - So we almost ran out of gas and took a detour off Hwy 5 to Logan's Lake. We had a pretty drive down a winding 97C highway and are almost back on track here in Merritt. Big thanks to CAA and the Triptik, we would be having a lot less fun without it.
2:14 pm - After a quick stop for lunch in Hope we are back on Hwy 1 to Van City. Our restaurant misfortune continues, welcome to McDonald's, we have no fries.
Day 11 - Vancouver to Victoria
3:40 pm - Wow, a lot of ground to cover: Upon arriving in Vancouver we were honked at and cut off by different drivers within 5 minutes, it was like we were back home in Toronto. We drove into downtown through East Hastings which is definitely not a good way to introduce someone to the city. Ghett-oh. We made our way to Rose and Kate's apartment where our Vancouver adventure truly began. Apparently they have small toilets in Vancouver. Plungers are $4.99 at Shoppers Drug Mart. This morning we went to the aquarium at Stanley Park and we both really enjoyed it. My favourite part was the BC Coast tanks and Brenda liked the Belugas. The Sea Otters were really cute too. Now we are parked waiting for the ferry to Swartz Bay.
Welcome to Vancouver.
Puppy love? No. Otter love.
Yet another Jesus imitator.
One happy whale!Day 13 - Victoria
2:49 pm - On the ferry ride out we got to see whales, and Brenda was really impressed by the organization of BC Ferries. A little better than the Trinidad to Tobago run I guess. We spent yesterday trying to find an apartment -- and we did. Josh knows the guy we are renting from too. It is fully furnished and has a BBQ! We had breakfast this morning with my cousin James then went for a walk along the ocean. We saw some guys kiteboarding, it looked like crazy fun. There are so many things to do here it is overwhelming. Now we are off to meet Brenda's cousin Ryan in Esquimalt. Our trip is almost over.
Almost there.posted by Cam at
6:49 PM
2 Comments:
I love the Van Aquarium, how cute are those otters???? Were there lots of peacocks hanging around too?
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gnat, at 8:35 AM
Hey Nat,
We didn't see any peacocks, I know they wander around the paths at the Toronto Zoo.
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