On Tuesday the movers took everything out of our house and are putting it in storage for three months. That evening we treated ourselves to dinner at Blighties Bistro on Oak Bay Avenue in Victoria. It was a much better meal than what we had experienced at Camille's on New Years Eve. Our bridge friends who have a tradition of meeting on NY Eve might consider Blighties in the future.
After the dinner, we met many friends and listened to a great presentation titled "Glaciers, Grizzlies and Gumboots - three summers in SE Alaska by Tricia and Jim Bowen - the monthly meeting of the Bluewater Cruising Association. http://www.bluewatercruising.org/. Having been twice to SE Alaska on Polyandra this talk reinforced the idea of a third voyage - perhaps in 2014. The round trip from Victoria is at least 3500 NM and takes at least three months.
That evening we slept in the RV in the driveway! On Wednesday we completed the cleaning of the house and then went aboard the Coho ferry at 4 pm to Port Angeles in Washington State.
The Victoria Harbor looked splendid in the evening sun and the one and a half hour crossing (the same time it takes to cross the English Channel) was amazingly calm.
We had supper at the Corner House Diner in Port Angeles (great seafood) and then did something that we had heard many RVers do - we spent the night in the Walmart parking lot (for free of course). It served the purpose and we left at 6 am this morning heading south via Olympia and Portland to Salem Oregon. As soon as we reached Oregon the foggy, cool weather cleared and it has been a very pleasant sunny afternoon after we checked into an RV park here in Salem. (Phoenix RV Park).
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