Our Trip 2010 Part 1

Our Big adventure this summer was to go on a road trip to Vancouver Island. We started in Parksville,went to Tofino and then headed up to Campbell River, Port Hardy (Winter Harbour and Zeballos), then down to Naniamo, Victoria and did a circle tour of the Juan de Fuca to Duncan and back to Victoria again. Yep, we saw the whole Island!

Long Beach by Tofino! The waves were 2 meters high (6-7 feet). The pictures don't even begin to show how tall the waves really were.

The top picture is on the side of the road on the way to Tofino. A beautiful set of waterfalls and rock formations. The second picture is Little Qualicum Falls.

The Tartan Pie Shoppe. We were driving by on our way to Englishman River Falls when we saw a sign for Tartan Pie. We wanted to know what it was, so we stopped by to ask. Its basically turkey dinner in a pie. We wanted to try it, but since Amanda is allergic to Turkey, it was out. As a consolation prize, the man who owned the shop, Derik, offered us a sausage roll that was still warm from the oven. It was heavenly! Homemade sausage wrapped in a flaky pastry. It was enough to convince us to buy an apple raspberry pie to take home. That was soooo delicious. On our last day, while in Victoria (a 2.5 hour drive one way away), our sailing trip got cancelled due to fog. Since it was Dan's birthday, mom asked, "Well, what do you want to do." Dan replied immediately that he wanted to go for pie. So, we drove 5 hours to get some pie!!! We ended up with a delicious apple blackberry pie, a beef pie with gravy, more sausage rolls and 3 free turnovers. Mom ended up with another apple raspberry pie and a tartan pie, which she describes as SOOOO GOOD!

While in Campbell River, we went on a sunset kayak with Great Wolf Expeditions. Jesse, our guide and his wife Sandra (and cute baby Anna) were absolutely amazing. We had a great time kayaking, getting to try the kelp and sea asparagus. Both were a bit salty, but tasty. Jesse was very informative talking about the sea, the things that lived in it, the local geography and native legends of the area. It was wonderfully relaxing and they took good care of us.