At the time you read this, VanRamblings will be bound, on Air Canada Flight 184, on the first leg of our 60th birthday journey to Nova Scotia, arriving at Halifax Stanfield International Airport at 7:28 p.m. Atlantic Daylight Time. Choosing where to sit on the Airbus 319, we were fortunate to secure a window seat (18a), which will allow us to take photos we’ll publish on the site later today. The 2nd leg of our journey will take us to Annapolis Royal.
Upon arrival in Halifax, we’ll take the Airport Shuttle to Howe Hall at Dalhousie University (cuz staying at the university is inexpensive, central, and reminds us of our university days, oh so very long ago). We’ll stay at Dalhousie thru Friday, as we roam about greater Halifax, and decompress from our too busy life in the big, bustling city on Canada’s west coast.
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Corinne & Raymond: On The Road Again
Boy and His Volvo Limp Home From U.S.
While you are reading this, I am probably at the Canadian—U.S. border (if it’s around 4 p.m.), on my way to Portland (between 4 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.), or have arrived safe and sound in the destination Oregon city …
Yes, constant reader, yours truly has returned much too early from what was to have been a joyous sojourn to Oregon and Washington states.
C’est la vie.
Oh, what a beautiful day was this April 8, 2004. A brilliant sun limned the azure blue sky, which stretched as far as the eye could see. Once through the border crossing — no mean feat in these post 9-11 days — the journey along the I-5 — through Blaine, Bellingham, Mount Vernon, Arlington and Everett, and beyond Seattle — was everything that I might have wished.
Update, Sat., April 10, at the end of the item. Click on the link below.
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Boy and His Volvo Limp Home From U.S.
Final Day: Corinne & Raymond’s West Coast Adventure
Corinne and Raymond Reluctantly Return to Vancouver
Ferry travellers at Saltery Bay Ferry Terminal
Day Five, Raymond and Corinne Return Home
Following an exciting Friday night gallivanting around Powell River, by 7:40 a.m. Saturday morning Corinne and I were well rested, and ready for the final leg of our CirclePac Tour.
After breakfasting at MacDonald’s (there just aren’t that many options in Powell River, and nobody ever said that we follow a macrobiotic diet — we don’t — so the fact that we went to MacDonald’s for breakfast shouldn’t come as too much of a shock … then again, that did sound a bit defensive), we were on our way. The journey from Powell River to the Saltery Bay terminal is a scant 34 kilometres, so we were ready and waiting in line for the 11:15 a.m. “inside passage” ferry by 10:20 a.m. The waiting period was spent walking around the Saltery Bay arrival and departure compound (you can see for yourself, from the picture above, that the surrounding waters and mountains are nothing short of breathtaking), and reading the day’s newspapers, which we picked up along the way at a 7-11.
Day Four: Corinne & Raymond’s West Coast Adventure
Wherein Corinne and Raymond Prepare to Return to Vancouver
View of Tofino Harbour from our cabin
Day Four, The Final Day on the West Coast of Vancouver Island
Once again, it was up at the crack of 8 a.m., looking across the Tofino Harbour to Meares Island (pictured above), the fish and crab boats leaving the dock for the open sea, seaplanes landing and taking off, and the fresh snow that has fallen on the mountains in the not-so-far distance. Today is our final day on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, and we’ll miss it.