{"id":87,"date":"2017-04-08T21:58:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T21:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robinmcneil.ca\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2017-05-15T04:09:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T04:09:49","slug":"further-afield","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/robinmcneil.ca\/further-afield\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight trips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Overnight trips
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Visit Vancouver<\/a><\/span>, a big cosmopolitan, multicultural city.\u00a0 From here it takes about 4 hours by ferry to get to central Vancouver, so it is not practical to do as a day trip.\u00a0 There is a helicopter service<\/a><\/span> and a sea plane service<\/a><\/span> both into downtown Vancouver, but if you want your car you have to take BC ferries.<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 They get quite busy in the summer and, particularly if travelling on Friday or Sunday, a reservation is recommended.\u00a0\u00a0 There is a new service<\/a><\/span> downtown to downtown passenger boat, but it takes as long as the ferry and seems very expensive to us.\u00a0 Best inexpensive accommodation in Vancouver while University is not in session (May-Aug) is at UBC<\/a><\/span> – but make sure you have an en-suite<\/i> unit.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Visit Seattle USA<\/a><\/span>, a big cosmopolitan city.\u00a0 The easiest way to get there is as foot passengers on the Victoria Clipper<\/a><\/span> in the Inner Harbour in Victoria to be taken to downtown Seattle.\u00a0\u00a0 We would suggest at least one night there.\u00a0 There are many things to see, but be sure to visit the Chihuly Exhibition<\/a><\/span> at the Space Needle.\u00a0 If driving there, the Coho Ferry<\/span><\/a> to Port Angeles (make reservations) is probably quicker than going south from Vancouver – and a much prettier drive.\u00a0 You can always circle back through Vancouver.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Visit the West Coast communities of Tofino<\/a><\/span> and Ucluelet<\/a><\/span> and the wonderful Pacific Rim National Park<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 This is about a day’s drive from here – be sure to stop at Cathedral Grove in MacMillan Park<\/a><\/span> to see some of the largest trees in the world.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Another way of visiting the outer coast of the island is to drive to Port Alberni<\/a> <\/span>and take a boat<\/a><\/span> on a day trip down to the outer coast.\u00a0 You would have to overnight in Port Alberni or somewhere close each night.\u00a0 The ship which used to be called the Lady Rose, but has been updated,\u00a0 is a working cargo ship that delivers goods to isolated communities as it travels and deposits kayakers and canoeists in the Broken Islands.\u00a0 Alternate days go to Bamfield<\/a><\/span> and Uclulet.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Do the circle trip<\/a><\/span> of driving up to Comox,\u00a0 take the ferry<\/a><\/span> to Powell River with two ferries more down the Sunshine Coast to get you to West Vancouver\/Horseshoe Bay.\u00a0 From here you could either visit Vancouver and get back using the Tsawwassen ferry to Swartz Bay<\/a><\/span> or return directly to Vancouver Island using the Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo ferry<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 This trip could just as well be done in reverse but allow 2 days minimum.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
When in Vancouver (or as a separate trip) visit Whistler Village<\/span><\/a> – the home of the Olympic Winter Games a few years ago.\u00a0 Whistler is as busy in the summer season (mountain-biking, golfing, hiking, etc) as it is in the winter ski season and always has something on the go.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Overnight trips Visit Vancouver, a big cosmopolitan, multicultural city.\u00a0 From here it takes about 4 hours by ferry to get to central Vancouver, so it is not practical to do as a day trip.\u00a0 There is a helicopter service and a sea plane service both into downtown Vancouver, but if you want your car you … <\/p>\n
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