Crazy grandparents woke at 6am and Skyped the Brennan clan in Fort Lawrence. It was great to see all 6 of them who were excited that school was almost over and they were heading to the cottage for the week. Hope they have warmer weather then the West coast ! It is overcast today and a balmy 14 degrees. We crossed on the BC Ferry, the Queen of Oak Bay, from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. The water was like glass. We left Nanaimo and took the #4 towards Tofino on the west coast of the Island. The road was windy and ran along Lake Cameron for quite a while. We stopped at Cathedral Grove and took a walk thru an old Douglas Fir stand. The trees are between 300-800 years old. The largest is 9m around and 76m tall. Awesome to see !
Our next stop was at the McLean Mill just past Port Alberni where they have a 1925 steam saw mill operating during the summer months. We were lucky enough to pick the one day in June they were open and operating. Some of the logs they were milling were 150 years old and 4' in diameter. An old place but full of things to see. Hard way to mill logs
Then we found our Camp Ground, Arrowvale which is not like its web site :-) Very rustic but friendly people. We barbecued and Bernie watched Chicago win again
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