October 27th was our last day at the guest house in Courtenay. Rather reluctantly we packed up and tidied up and prepared for our departure. Chris and I created quite the Beer-a-mid of empties over the course of the week. Even more alarming is the fact that Arturo can't drink beer, so this was the work of just the two of us. In fairness Arturo did accumulate his own pile of emply wine bottles.
It was a cold and frosty morning with a clear blue sky. I was surprised that all week long there were Ruby Throated Hummingbirds visiting the feeders, despite these cold temperatures. Back home on the prairies this little hummers leave in August, before the first sign of any cold weather. We wandered around the yard a little, taking a few snapshots, before hitting the road.
We drove down to Nanaimo and to the Duke Point ferry terminal. Along the way we stopped at a burned out Esso Station is Bowser and photographed there. Apparently we took a little too long at that stop and by the time we got to the ferry terminal we were a little late getting in line. We missed the boat, quite literally, but about four vehicles. This meant a two to three hour wait to catch the next ferry to Tsawwassen. I had never taken this particular ferry before. On the way out to the Island we took the one from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver to Departure Bay in Nanaimo. Years ago I took the other one from Swartz Bay near Victoria, to Tsawwassen. This one from Duke Point is a little longer at about two hours, and takes a diagonal route from Nanaimo to the lower mainland.
It was late afternoon when we finally got off the ferry and we headed over to Surrey to try to locate the rental condo that would be our residence for the next four nights. We found it without too much issue and offloaded all of our gear and got settled down.
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