Author Archives: Mo

Nice lie in this morning.  It is a beautiful day, the best yet in Victoria… the sun is very hot and the view from the decking is just stunning.  After a good strong coffee I sit and continue reading the … Continue reading →

Great breakfast on the decking… tasty Ham omelette – huge of course.  As we sat there a deer followed by twin fawns stepped through a clearing in the wooded garden down below. This morning after dropping off Austin and collecting … Continue reading →

Today Cindy dropped me off down town around 11.  I called in at the Ocean Island Hostel to find out the times of the Orca trips but had just missed one and the next would be at 2 so decided … Continue reading →

I think I  have died and gone to heaven when I open my eyes after a full 8 hours sleep in this comfy king size bed.  The first thing I see is a wall to wall view of the ocean … Continue reading →

We leave the Moose house at 8am briefly stopping to buy a coffee to go as we’d had no breakfast. It was a bright sunny morning after a night of heavy rain. Our morning walk would be Long Beach. This … Continue reading →

Emily and I headed out in search of the elusive breakfast! A latte and a cereal bar would be fine! We settled on a coffee bar patio and delighted at the humming birds flitting about in the tree below. Our … Continue reading →

Although I paid a little more, 40 bucks a night, this hostel is sheer luxury… it even has a lift to all floors. A very quiet night sharing a 4-bed dorm with just one other. The breakfast which is included … Continue reading →

I have now arrived back in Vancouver and am in my favourite Internet haunt where the computers are fast and you can upload pics.  (How sad am I.)  If you go back to 10 June, you will find the blog is all … Continue reading →

We woke up to a grey day and were leaving for Vancouver at 9am.  As ever Safeway was our first stop to buy our picnic lunch.  We stopped at Merritt for coffee and Tim Hortons (he seems to be everywhere … Continue reading →