Early start! Breakfast in the hotel restaurant of Blueberry buttermilk pancakes (with maple syrup and berries) - yum!
Headed out in the Mustang to the ferry terminal which would take us through the Gulf Islands to Victoria. Beautiful sights. A little chilly but fun.
Once we disembarked in Sidney it was a short drive down to Victoria and another ferry to Port Augusta. We parked in the ferry port, got our tickets and grabbed a hot-dog for lunch (minor mishap in mistaking the hot sauce for Ketchup - Angela was worst hit) and then waited in the car (top down) to be checked by border control and board the ferry. We managed to confuse one woman who asked where we were from (seeing our California plates) to which we replied 'the UK'; queue puzzled look on her face until we explained!
We also got chatting to another woman, and her husband, (who have friends in Bristol funnily enough) who happen to be bona-fide Hanna Barbera family. A serendipitous geek score for our trip!
We were followed out of Port Friday by two sea-planes and watched them take off behind us. One of them flew straight over the ferry so I got some fab photos.
The trip continued through Olympic National Forest and Park skirting the edge of Crescent Lake (H U G E) and on to Forks and Kalaloch to our stop for the night at Kalaloch Lodge: Beautiful situation right on the Pacific coast looking down onto an accessible beach (took a walk down to the beach after dinner - sand between my toes, yay!) with a series of lodges looking out to sea and a small block of rooms, where we stayed). Got some lovely photos of the beach at sunset.
Photos - not all have uploaded but it gives the general idea
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