The rest of the trip in BC is currently a blur as I had not written down anything about it. In fact, I can’t even remember what we did on the Wednesday! On Thursday, we took a trip out to Jordan River which was…lacking. There was nothing there! I think the point of it was to hopefully see some surfing going on.
We did end up at the Castle for the last few days. The Castle was a nice old pub built 100 years ago and Uncle Brent knew the owner Kenny very well. The most exciting part about this place was the price of beer…a round of four drinks came out to around $11. We were all impressed with the price and the beer (Labatt Winchester which we had never heard of.)
Here’s another beer related story…out here in Sooke (if not all of BC), you pay more for your beer in the store if it’s cold! I thought it was odd when the woman at the register asked me if my beer was cold or warm.
On the last night, Uncle Brent, Troy and I ended up at the Castle in the early afternoon and after a few pints, Dad came in with us as well and before you knew it, we were playing darts and asked the women to join us for some Chinese food. We were all having a grand time and even Nanny got up to try her hand at darts. I was not used to Troy’s camera so the pictures of the event are a little blurry. The Chinese food was excellent as well. We headed home where we gave a concert for all and Dad outfitted us with some chef’s hats that they got from their cruise.
Uncle Brent and Aunt Ree showed us some great hospitality while we were there and I had a grand old time hanging out with the family. It’s not often that we get together but when we do, it’s smiles all around. I really enjoyed going to Vancouver Island for the week and can see myself returning but I think I would like to check out some camping sites along the way as I don’t know if running over to Chemainus would be exciting again. I would definitely like to return to Victoria and spend a few days there as there was a lot more to do there.