The plans for today was that we had no real plans. After some discussion, we decided to head into Tofino. We spent the early part of the afternoon walking the main street checking out the various shops. Tofino reminds me a lot of Paia on Maui … a real surf town. Before leaving town, we…
It has been really nice sleeping in the last few days. Once we got up and moving, we said our goodbye to The Beach Club Resort and started on the third part of our vacation. Fifteen minutes from Parksville is The Old Country Market in Coombs. They are famous for the goats on the roof…
What does one do in Nanaimo .. eat Nanaimo Bars of course. While doing our research for this trip, we came across something called the Nanaimo Bar Trail. It is a list of over thirty different stops where you can get some variation of the Nanaimo Bar whether it is the classic bar to a…
Today is the start of the second part of our vacation. The only plan was to get to Parksville and therefore sleeping in was in order. Once we got going, we had a nice leisurely breakfast with Pat. She suggested that we should stop at Goldstream Provincial Park. So after getting packed up, we said…
The thing with jet lag is that you need to use it to your advantage. We did this by booking a whale watching tour ($151.20 CAD / person including taxes) for 9:00am today. We decided to go with Eagle Wing Tours which is located at Fisherman’s Wharf, a fifteen minute drive from Pat’s house. We…