Bob and I had a leisurely morning before heading out of our hotel at 10:00 am to drive just over an hour to Port Angeles, Washington, to catch the Black Ball Ferry to Victoria, Vancouver Island. After arriving at the ferry embarkation point, we waited in the parking lot until about 12:45 when we were able to drive on for the 90 minute sailing.
Since the ferry left about 15 minutes late, we arrived in Victoria about 15 minutes late and had to do customs there. That went well, and we headed to Nanaimo at about 2:50 pm for the 1.5 hour drive from Victoria. We’ll be in Nanaimo for two nights before leaving Wednesday morning for our housesit in Sidney.
We had a fairly easy drive up to Nanaimo and have checked into our very roomy room at the Courtyard Marriott in downtown Nanaimo.
Nanaimo is a city of about 100,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island. We were here for a few days after a housesit in Victoria in January 2017, so we’re looking forward to seeing it again and exploring some new areas tomorrow.
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