Monday, August 29, 2016

Part II ~ CANADA

We departed Port Angeles on the Ferry “Coho” and arrived on Vancouver Island about an hour later.  We are visiting Canada for 26 days.  Fourteen of those days will be on Vancouver Island and the rest will be in the southern part of British Columbia.  That’s the only part of Canada we will be exploring on this trip. 

We arrived at the ferry depot and we were directed to the front of the line in the 4th row.  After the 1st row was loaded onto the ferry, they skipped rows 2 & 3 and then it was our turn.  Our row was all the RV’s, trailers and trucks.  It’s amazing how many cars and trucks they can fit onto the ferry.  There is a system they use to balance the load and only they know how it all comes together.  On this ferry we enter one end and exited the other end.  
It took us less than an hour and we were in Canada.  It was a slow process to exit the ferry because we had to go through customs.  They questioned us about firearms, drugs, mace, etc and fruit and liquor.  Yes, we had liquor and we have apples…from Costco.  Oh, well, “Costco is okay” he says, “as long as they are not hand-picked from backyard trees.”  We are now officially in Canada, Vancouver Island that is.

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