Going Bye-Bye

On Thursday afternoon we decided that we'd leave earlier than planned and try for the 5:45 ferry. This would put us at our hotel before midnight, which sounded like a great idea. So in a flurry and bustle, we headed out of the house and headed to Tsawwassen. We arrived at 5:30. We were three cars away from getting on that ferry! So we had a nice wait at the ferry terminal waiting for the 8:15 ferry, but the weather was beautiful and we treated ourselves to a yummy dinner. I had a crepe filled with smoked salmon, cream cheese, red onions, and capers and Don had Chinese food.


After eating we headed down to the breakwater and synced our calendars...something we rarely have the opportunity to do. Here's Don on the breakwater.







When we finally got on the ferry, we had front-row seats on the upper deck, and we were headed right into the sunset. We ended up staying in the car almost the entire time, watching the scenery and visiting with one of the deck hands.

When we arrived at Nanaimo (10:45) we had another 90 minute drive to get to our hotel in Courtenay. Luckily, there was little traffic and no police in sight so Don was able to make it in 1 hour and we were at our hotel by midnight.

We stayed at the Best Western (nice!) and their beds are very comfortable.