It was 5:00am on Thursday and Vincent was packed and ready to take us to Bella Coola. We were on the 7:45 ferry from Duke Point to Tsawwassen where we began our drive to Lillooet, our first stop. We intended to drive up Highway 1 to Cache Creek and return on Highway 99. A forest fire at Boston Bar closed the road which meant we had to go through Vancouver instead. This trip was designed around shorter driving days (4 to 6 six hours max) which gave us time to explore and

It was Tuesday morning and we were up at 6:00am to say goodbye to Mollie. We made our way to Victoria for the 10:30 sailing on the Coho ferry to Port Angeles. After a stop at Safeway, we were on our way along highway 101. We got to the rest stop before the big bridge into Astoria where Vincent popped his top (!) and Holly made a chicken stirfry dinner. The weather was awful! It was cold and rainy and very windy too! We enjoyed an evening inside the bus, playing crib and

Valentines Day! First camping trip as a married couple and first trip after my knee replacement surgery (3 1/2 months ago)! We decided to keep it simple and took Vincent to French Beach Provincial Park for two nights of peace and quiet in the forest! Well, more on that in a bit. French Beach Park is a very well kept park that keeps one of its two "loops" open during the winter for off season camping. It's located on the ocean, between Sooke and Jordan Beach on the west co