Day: 23 September 2022

Photos Moving Around

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This is the transition point so to make photos a little more accessible. Hopefully this note will reduce confusion at the risk of creating it instead.

Photos from the road trip west may be found under the Photo Gallery menu West Coast Road Trip 2022 item.

The sidebar will start collecting photos from the Rocky Mountaineer. These are also available in the Photo Gallery menu Rocky Mountaineer 2022 item.

Good bye Vancouver Island, Another Ferry Trip

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Our hosts for our stay in Victoria were Brian, my cousin, and his wife Elaine. They shuttled us around the Victoria area from their home which is actually in North Saanich. As it turned out Brian’s brother Dave, obviously another cousin and his son Connor, my second cousin, spent time with us. The second part of our Vancouver Island visit was in Port Alberni and hosted by Maxine and Bud whom we first met in 1966 when Gail and I moved to Seattle as newlyweds. We have visited with each other two or three times over the subsequent 56 years but it felt like we had never been apart. After eight days, 5,000 km, motels and fast food, our hosts made it feel like we were home again and we have been able to recharge for the Rocky Mountaineer adventure and the return road trip.

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