Chemainus Repeat (9/21/24)

Yesterday, Bob and I left Tofino a little after 8 am to drive 3.25 hours to Chemainus for our second repeat housesits on the island. We again had the hilly, windy roads as well as roadwork, but arrived by noon, as we had wanted and had a great 30 minute handover with our homeowners. It is always great to drive where you know where you are headed.

We will again be caring for the very cute and playful Willow and Wall-E.

Photos of Wall-E.

Photos of Willow.

We also have fish, but since they are on an auto feeder, there isn’t much for us to do except play with the color of the lights above the aquarium, bright for daytime and darker for night.

Today, we walked into the town center (about 15 minutes) to the Owl’s Nest, our favorite bakery in town, for a scone breakfast at nine. They make maybe the best scones ever. We usually get the cheese scone, but they didn’t make those today, so Bob got the mushroom and feta scone and I got the blueberry, and they were both great as well.

I had picked up a Coffee News little front and back newspaper, really venue for ads for local businesses. While purusing the little paper, I noticed this.

We dawdled over breakfast because we wanted to stop at the Visitor Center and pick up some information, and they don’t open until 10 am on Saturdays. Their posted hours on the door when we got there also said 10 and we arrived at 10:20, but they were not open. We took some photos of the very attractive Waterwheel Park near the center as well as the logging operation and ferry terminal behind the center.

We then walked to The Country Grocery, the only grocery store in Chemainus and a nice one, to restock on some items. It’s a beautiful day here, and we’re excited to be back and do some repeat favorite activities (like the bakery and the theater) as well as some new activities.