Las Conchas
Friday, August 31, 2007
Day 5 vacation cont..
I got to pick and eat black berries from the bushes. I wish we had stuff like that here.Finally we dropped Nadia at home and dropped the car at the ferry to make sure we were on the first ferry over to Port Angeles in the morning. Jesse and I walked the downtown and stopped at Big Bad Johns on our way to the bus. This bar was really cool. It's a little hole in the wall, very dark and the floor is covered in peanut shells. I felt right at home.
Everyone met back at the house where Jeff prepared dinner. Jesse was suppose to drive Nadia home but managed to re-break his toe before our hikes the next day. More to come....
Day 4 vacation cont....
Day 4 was a little rough. It started out ok when we left Jeremy and Kim's house. we were up and out the door by 8:00 am. Jesse drove us up island to check out some little towns along the way.
We stopped in Chemainus. This town is known for it's murals. Almost every store or building in this little town was covered in these huge murals. We got out and walked toward the water to check out the ocean side and search for creatures unknown. The whole trip I searched for starfish but that's another story. While on the beach side I marveled at the size of their seaweed. Everything there seems so super sized. The jelly fish were beyond enormous. After the beach we walked around the town and shopped a little.
We moved on to the town of Nanaimo. Our goal was to do some zip lining. We watched a whole bunch of people bungy jumped from the bridge and at the same time we were both feeling under the weather. It felt like we were coming down with something. We decided at that point to start heading towards Jeff's house. We stopped for a little lunch hoping it would make us feel better and then crashed for a few hours at the house.
When we woke we were almost back to normal. Very strange!! So we met everyone for dinner in downtown Victoria. For the life of me I can't remember the name of the restaurant but the food was excellent. We met Nadia's boyfriend Sam, which we liked very much. I think they are a good match.
Jeremy, Kim and Jeff were also there. After dinner we stopped at one of Jesse's favorite watering holes, Darcy's. Very cool place with a live band.
Jesse and I decide to end the night with a walk along the water back to his dad's house. Nadia gave me the number to the local cab company just in case Jesse had lost his mind... lol The walk was good but I was very tired when we got there. There were some cool sights along the way. More to come....
Day 3 Vacation continued...
On day 3 we woke early to catch the BC Ferry. The ride was about an hour and a half if I remember right. It was so cold I wore the rain jacket and hid behind the wind shield. We passed a lot of different islands. We arrived at Jeff's house (Jesse's Dad) around
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Day 2 Vacation continued..
Monday, August 27, 2007
Returning Home.. Day 1 of Vacation
Day 1:
Most of day 1 was not too exciting. We flew all day and got into Seattle around 3:30. It took us almost an hour to get our car and on the road. We drove straight to Vancouver and stayed with Jesse's friends Steve and Michelle. They were nice enough to put us up for 2 nights. Jeremy and Kim met us there so that we all could hang out in Vancouver the next day. Here are a few pictures from day 1...
Jesse with the blues brothers on our stop in Chicago.Driving by Seattle on the way to Vancouver.
Crossing the border.. More to come..
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Finally a room at the Hard Rock.......
I tried taking a nap but was unsuccessful. Saturday night I shopped while Jesse played more poker. We did a lot of lounging in our robes. Jesse loved the mini bar but we brought our own things and made good use of the sink.Well we are now getting ready for Canada so it will be a few weeks until we post again. Until then everyone have fun!!
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Saturday Pool Side..
We packed up and headed for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Saturday morning. When we arrived we received some bad news. The hotel had over booked for the weekend and we were unable to get the room that Lisa's mom had booked for us. That's was ok because we had a great day hanging by the pool. We swam, hung out and ate lunch pool side. I got a shot of Jesse coming off of the water slide. We brought extra clothes and changed before going to dinner. Lisa's mom ended up getting us a comp for dinner since they were unable to get the room.
We are happy to say that she did however, get us rooms for next weekend. The adventure will continue....