Road Trip, Aug 13 2012

Leif Norman

From the Mountainaire Campground near Nanaimo,

through Nanaimo to Coombs,

to Port Alberni and then to Ucluelet on the far west coast.

Ucluelet was totally full of Big RVs and boats and kids and tourists.

Next time we come back to Tofino and Ucluelet  it will be in a quieter season, like May or September.

The glowing coals of our late night campfire. Good for toasting marshmallows

 

The Mountainaire Campground

 

 

 

Nanaimo B.C.

 

 

Excellent old building in Nanaimo at the corner of Church and Chapel streets. “Great National Land Building”

 

The Hudson’s Bay Bastion in Nanaimo, built in 1853

 

Quite old tea cups and dishes inside the Bastion

 

 

Inside the 160 year old Bastion in Nanaimo

 

Looking at the inside of the top of the Bastion

 

 

The Wharf at Nanaimo BC

 

Cute old boats at Nanaimo. So much rust!

 

Goats on the roof at Coombs BC

 

 

The Coombs Emporium. Full of huge gaudy stone and wooden carvings of naked women and other stuff

 

Coombs British Columbia is just a big tourist trap full of brightly coloured schlock

 

The best place to visit in Coombs. Owen and Company Antiques, Collectibles and Home Decor.

 

 

Owen and Company Antiques, Collectibles in Coombs

 

 

One of the last Drive Ins in Western Canada. Opened in 1969 “J and L Drive In” Excellent burgers and fries…

 

One of the last Drive Ins in Western Canada. Opened in 1969 “J and L Drive In” Excellent burgers and fries…

 

One of the last Drive Ins in Western Canada. Opened in 1969 “J and L Drive In” Excellent burgers and fries…

 

One of the last Drive Ins in Western Canada. Opened in 1969 in Port Alberni, British Columbia. “J and L Drive In” Excellent burgers and fries… (I asked what J and L stands for. I didn’t write it down and I only remembered Len. I think the J stands for Jay ?)

 

The Surf Junction Campground near Ucluelet BC

 

A nice Dutch couple who had bicycled all around Iceland and now was going all the way from Calgary to Ucluelet! …and Craig the electrician.