Bob and I ferried away from a great trip to Vancouver Island on Thursday. Photos and notes from our last few days in Nanaimo are provided below.
Nanaimo Museum
Nanaimo has its own museum that provides an overview of the history and heritage of the local area. We found it to be cute, informative, and a real bargain at $2 per person. Our main interest in going was to learn about the Nanaimo bar (cookie not tavern) that we had seen throughout the island. We didn’t learn much about the history of the confection, but we did get the recipe.
Millstone Estate Winery
After we walked downtown to the museum, we walked for about 90 minutes to the Millstone River Valley portion of Nanaimo to the Millstone Estate Winery. The Bad News: we went on Monday and the winery is only open from Wednesday through Sunday at this time of year. The Good News: one of the workers was there labeling bottles, and he kindly offered to do a tasting for us (6 wines for $3). He was really knowledgeable about the wines (his girlfriend and her father make the wine) and was fun to talk to.
Westwood Lake Park
We had a winter wonderland day on Tuesday, as we walked to Westwood Lake Park, the park favored by local runners. It ended up being a beautiful winter hike.
BC Ferry to Vancouver
Wednesday we used mostly for planning before our Thursday departure for North Vancouver. On Thursday, we had a short 15 minute, downhill walk to the ferry terminal where we caught the 12:30 ferry for the 1 hour and 40 minute ride to the Horshoe Bay terminal on the Canadian mainland.
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