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07/27/07 - Metchosin, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Taking a top-notch hike and visiting friends from Mexico, before returning to our home base |
(Shutterfly photo album - North Vancouver Island) |
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Although the Haida Way was a bit expensive-seeming for a hotel
that had not been overhauled in some time (the chairs in the
hallway looked circa the 1970s), the hot breakfast buffet,
served in the on-site cafe and included in the price of the
room, was surprisingly good on all counts...and we know our way
around a complimentary hotel buffet... On our way back down the
island we stopped off at the unmarked Ripple Rock trail, per the
suggestion of the aforementioned magazine article. A great
hike through the rainforest-y landscape, over a suspension
bridge, and up a rock wall to a lookout point high over the
Discovery Passage. Challenging, but well worth the effort. Before pointing the minivan back toward Metchosin, we paid a brief but enjoyable visit to our friends Betty & Brendan who live in Comox, about 2 1/2 hours north of Victoria. Scottandcaroline.com fans might be interested to know that Betty & Brendan were mentioned in a March of 2005 posting from when we met them in Ajijic, Mexico. Hospitable and entertaining as always, we were glad we were able to stop by. It was a fun and enlightening trip, we're glad we got to see so much of the island - even if it was fast. But we're glad to be back to 'our' comfortable home, and not sitting in the car so much for a few days. Oh, and we saw goats on the roof.
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This store is famous for it's flock of goats who live on the
grassy roof. There are two hard to spot goats in these
photos... can you spot the goats?