We left Friday afternoon for the long drive. It is about 22hours of driving and we stopped in a Walmart parking lot in Bozeman to grab some sleep until dawn. It the best (only?) good thing that Walmart has done for America - easy, no hassle place to sleep while on the road. On Saturday morning we hit the road again and made it to Vancouver by about 7.30pm and waited for the last ferry to Vancouver Island that left at 9.30pm.
A brief stop along the way to stretch legs and let the dogs run around. A beautiful river that would outstanding fly fishing terrain.
We finally got to Courtenay late Saturday night and tried to find a camp ground to sleep for the night. We normally are philosophically opposed to pay camp grounds as they are never as nice as free bush camping but since we were exhausted anything would do. Unfortunately the only camp ground we could find closed (with a gate) at 10pm so we headed up towards Mt Washington in the hope that we could find somewhere to sleep on an old logging road. Sadly we spent another night sleeping in the vehicle. We got total of about 9 hours of sleep from Friday Morning through to Sunday.
Travel days are always brutal and tiring which is why I always prefer to just visit one or two places on shorter road trips like this one. You also get to meet the locals and feel like a welcomed visitor rather than a random Tourist. And we certainly have been welcomed with open arms! We had a contact from MTBR who was also an Ibis owner. Bob and Jane had offered to show us around to get us started in the area if we wished and we took them up on the generous offer on Monday and Tuesday.
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