Well, amazingly, our holiday is nearly over. But we have one last adventure to come - our visit to Vancouver Island. We picked up a rental car this morning. This one has California plates - so we continue to masquerade as Americans! Today we've planned our last few days in Canada. (Thank you Debbie and Ernie for the maps which have proved very useful.)
We'll drive to Horseshoe Bay tomorrow and get a ferry to Nanaimo on the island, then drive to Ucluelet on the west coast, from where we hope to see whales in the Pacific.
We've booked into a small hotel called the Wild Edge Lodge at Ucluelet for two nights, then we'll drive to Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia. We'll not have long, but hope to get a flavour of the place during the afternoon, night and morning we're there. We've booked tickets to see Red, the play about Rothko that got good reviews in UK when it was on at the Donmar Warehouse (I think). We're staying at a Comfort Inn.
On Friday we'll get the ferry from Swartz Bay on the island to Tsawawwassen on the mainland and from there drive to Vancouver Airport, drop off the hire car and take the 'overnight' plane to Heathrow. But that's in a few days. In the meantime we'll continue to enjoy Canada and Cathy and John's hospitality.
Shouldn't that be spelt Tsawawawwassen?
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