Mindless Meanderings of Schroedawg

Brad and I married on May 28 th , 2005 over Memorial Day weekend. The weekend stands out not only to remember our war heroes and freedom, but also to remember the important things in our lives, which is each other. We decided to create our own tradition by taking the three day weekend and visit a place we have never been. This year we ventured to Victoria, British Columbia, which has always been just a short ferry ride, across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, away. Best part is you can create a travel plan by using the Blackball Ball Ferry-Coho Line, which is what we did. It saved us frustration and time in the long run. From the U.S., as you journey along the coast, you can see British Columbia from the shore, so the journey is relatively short, in retrospect. Port Angeles port-as we are leaving We arrived in Victoria’s harbor, which had the defined city skyline, setting the scene. We noticed an apparent water-front trail that winded around and near the harbor, which hous...

We are definitely trying to make the most of our time in Washington and since the weather has been gradually warming up, with beautiful blue skies and sunshine, we cannot resist getting outside. And, because hiking is free and camping is pretty inexpensive, we have been doing A LOT of it lately. Granted, our excursion to Oregon was not cheap, it was still a pretty inexpensive weekend getaway and worth the drive! In her new hiking pack Cape Alava at high tide Crossing a bridge We discovered one place, though, called Cape Alava, via one of our trail/hiking books. We went out last weekend, and it is a good 3 mile hike to the coast, from Lake Ozette, and then another 3 mile hike back to the parking area, (so 6 round trip). The loop itself, to Sand Point, is 9 miles total. We got there when tide was fairly high, so we didn't travel down the coast too far, as you can make a complete loop (3 miles down the beach and then another 3 miles on a second trail, that splits at th...