Moved to Nanaimo

After a very good month in Parksville/Qualicum Beach area, we drove the 35km south to our park for the next eight months. While in Parksville we traveled to the West side of Vancouver Island, Long Beach and Tofino, about 200km each way. The drive over the mountains was as thrilling as any we have had todate. High mountains and deep canyons beside the road. Several places were down to one lane as the road had slipped into the canyon far below.
Tofino has certainly changed since we took Bev's mom and dad there about 23 years ago. The sleepy little fishing village of Tofino, where we stayed in little chalet cabins, is now a very upscale area with wall to wall "Resorts". We prefered the old way, but it is still very beautiful and rugged.
We walked the boardwalk at Parksville Beach at least once a day and often drove the 10km to Qualicum beach and took a lunch. We never tired of the mountains as they seem to change every day with the weather.
So we arrived in the Living Forest campground in Nanaimo and got set up for the winter. Our site is even better than it shows on the web site, the view across the Georgia Straight is wonderful and of course we can see clearly the mountains on the mainland in front of us.

                                             From Parksville Beach

                                          Cassie liked the view too

                                                Sunset at the beach

                                      The view from our site in Nanaimo

                                Downtown Nanaimo from our site, two miles

                                               Home for the winter

We have walked a little of the boardwalk along the waterfront in Nanaimo, seeing hundreds of boats at docks and moorings as we strolled by little shops and eateries, but there seems to be about 15km of trails along the waterfront and many km of trails throughout the many city parks.
We look forward to the coming winter. We have found a church close by and there are many winter activities for us "Snowbirds" to join in the park.
But we are already making our plans to return to Cambridge by June 15 next year.