Vancouver Island
Planning on visiting Vancouver Island arriving early to mid May. Any words of wisdom? We are near 55' LOA so ferry charges are a factor. Any preferences for which route to take for any particular reas...
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garyhaupt wrote:
If you want no fuss no muss, use BC ferries. Big parking areas and big boats. Weekdays are easier. You can make a reservation..costs a bit more but takes the worry out of it.
If you are coming up I5, time your drive thru Seattle outside of rush hours and if possible, make it a Sunday morning. The traffic is bad, but I think maybe you aren't all that worried about it.
Vancouver Island...places to see..Tofino and Uculet. Victoria is nice..has it's charm. If you do go to Victoria first and then want to get out of the crowds? Looking at Google Maps...
https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Tsawwassen+Terminal,+1+Ferry+Causeway,+Delta,+BC+V4M+4G6/Swartz+Bay+Terminal,+Pat+Bay+Highway,+Sidney,+BC/Victoria,+BC/Port+Renfrew,+BC/Nanaimo,+BC/Tofino,+BC/Courtenay,+BC/@49.0155525,-125.6395902,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m44!4m43!1m5!1m1!1s0x5485e0c237b588ed:0x2ebd19afdccddf36!2m2!1d-123.1303426!2d49.0069101!1m5!1m1!1s0x548f678a12d4d7c7:0x143f54a590bc4291!2m2!1d-123.4114384!2d48.688557!1m5!1m1!1s0x548f738bddb06171:0x38e8f3741ebb48ed!2m2!1d-123.3656444!2d48.4284207!1m5!1m1!1s0x548ed74c70bc7753:0x1b5d6ecf7516ca6!2m2!1d-124.422299!2d48.552966!1m5!1m1!1s0x5488a15e20ac1c5b:0x50135152a7b0fd0!2m2!1d-123.9400648!2d49.1658836!1m5!1m1!1s0x548990ccb0093843:0x331095695a741a35!2m2!1d-125.9066184!2d49.1529842!1m5!1m1!1s0x5488138e761e4361:0x50135152a7b12b0!2m2!1d-124.9904494!2d49.6841391!3e0
You could spend an easy two weeks doing this. Going any further north kind of begins to loose the wow factor.
However..lets say you followed my mapping? And I see Alaksa is the direction you are headed...
https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Courtenay,+BC/Powell+River,+BC/Horseshoe+Bay+Ferry+Terminal,+West+Vancouver,+BC/Whistler+Mountain,+Whistler,+BC/Cache+Creek,+BC/Prince+George,+BC/@51.5574081,-127.6255434,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m38!4m37!1m5!1m1!1s0x5488138e761e4361:0x50135152a7b12b0!2m2!1d-124.9904494!2d49.6841391!1m5!1m1!1s0x5487f227207fae43:0x258bf9a938b58623!2m2!1d-124.5247061!2d49.8352352!1m5!1m1!1s0x54866bf6faf284a5:0x4b842d4775a791f0!2m2!1d-123.2728162!2d49.3740237!1m5!1m1!1s0x5487225af28c5409:0x276c0edfa7be2148!2m2!1d-122.9569443!2d50.0591666!1m5!1m1!1s0x548015650485d761:0xc7660968933f7707!2m2!1d-121.3233237!2d50.8108099!1m5!1m1!1s0x538898f7ef590fe9:0x50135152a7b3050!2m2!1d-122.7496693!2d53.9170641!3e0
Food for thought.
Gary Haupt
Thanks. The kind of info I am looking for. Been in the area, Seattle, Tacoma & Olympic Peninsula before.
You are right. The traffic is no biggie. I have done the Washington DC Beltway a number of times. Seattle, as aggresive as some drivers are, is kiddie stuff by comparison. Ferrys we have done before too. Newfoundland,
James River, Texas gulf coast & the Yukon at Dawson City, we are familiar with requirements in loading etc. with them.
The city of Vancouver will be a first but I guess like any other city it is best tackled around midday.
