Thanksgiving Get-A-Way!

Four Days ~ Osoyoos 

An Easy Drive For Us!

We have a busy fall/winter ahead of us and wanted to get out for one more camping trip before putting LTV Kozad away to bed for the winter.

Our good friends have just purchased a new LTV Serenity and wanted to join us  so it was off to Osoyoos for Thanksgiving Weekend.

Interesting Cliffs On The Way To Osoyoos

Osoyoos is a small community on the USA - Canada Border in South Central B.C.  This is a desert but hosts a variety of wineries, vineyards, and orchards.

You may have caught our March posting when we did a quick trip to Osoyoos.

This trip we stayed at the Provincial Park in Osoyoos; which use to be named Haynes Point Provincial Park but has been renamed sẁiẁs Provincial Park (Haynes Point) due to an important archaeological discovery.

Park Map
We stayed in sites 5 & 6
Another nice double site is 30 & 31

LTV at Osoyoos

Looking south to the Washington State

Craig had to buy three bundles of firewood!

A New 2016 Serenity Joined Us

Large Double Sites 

The Ducks Found Jan!

Set Up For The Weekend

Double Site 30 & 31

We Drove Home Via Highway 3 to Highway 33
There had been a huge wild fire through Rock Creek

The Fire Was On Both Sides Of The Highway

One of the many homes and/or businesses which were destroyed by the fire

This is the entrance to the Kettle River Provincial Park

Says it all!

This was our last time out in the LTV for 2015.

Wet Coast Tofino

Four Days Of Beauty!

September 22 to 26: 4 hours and 316kms - but be warned from Port Alberni to Tofino the highway is windy and slow, especially in an RV.

Nice Drive To The West Coast

On our way to Tofino we stopped for a visit with our good friends Mike & Penny in Cow Bay (Cowichan Bay).  This is a beautiful eclectic little ocean side community; well worth the stop.  Lots to see, shops, bakery, marinas, just a great little stop.

Perfect Morning ~ Cow Bay, B.C.

We stopped for lunch in Port Alberni
The Salmon had already spawned up this river inlet.

Spectacular Old Growth Forest on the drive to Tofino

Tofino this small, wonderful west coast location is one of Jan's favourite places to visit. She feels very connected and describes this as being "a Holistic retreat"....

We stayed at the Bella Pacifica Campground which is just a few kilometers outside of Tofino.  Spectacular, right on the sandy shores of McKenzie Beach. where the sand beach.

The campsites here are well laid out, not too close but best of all there are two levels which have beautiful ocean views; and only a few minutes walk puts you on the sand!

This is one of the best places to be when it is raining, and did it ever rain!  Three of our four days we had torrential down pours....

Bella Pacifica Campground on the West Coast Vancouver Island 

 Nice Campsite at Bella Pacifica with ocean views.

First thing we did was grab our boating boots and hit the beach!

Walking on one of the rain breaks!

Lots of interesting vegetation along the way!

And the clouds carry a lot of precipitation.

Tofino Fishing!

When we visit Tofino, which we have done a lot; Jan has to visit this artisan.

The rain run off raised the creek which carved out a new path in the sand.

This "creek" would be covered over every time the tide came in!

Then the water would carve a new path.
Very interesting.

The sun finally came out the third evening and stayed for our fourth day!

Cass's Mom told us to visit the Crab Lady!

We bought 3 fresh crab and steamed them back at the campground

West Coast Delight!  Love Seafood!

We love it here!

Beautiful Sunsets.

Jan's Holistic Paradise

This is the first time we have ever seen this type of "sea weed"

The most interesting texture and design.

As most of Vancouver Island and Gulf Island Communities
there is the local market.

Our last night in Tofino gave us spectacular sunsets!  Truly an amazing place to visit.

There was an interesting "clump" in the tree tops !

Not sue what this was, but it looked like a large moss ball?

Lots of Ravens and Crows scrounging on the beach

We departed Tofino at noon for the drive to Nanaimo where we decided to stay before taking the ferry back to Tsawwassen.

We left Tofino and overnighted in Nanaimo at another oceanside campground
The Living Forest Oceanside Campground

This is an large but amazing campground
The sites are spectacular no matter if you have a view or not.
Well worth the stay.

Then it was on the ferry from Duke Point headed home
We have passed this lighthouse on our boat when we headed north a few years ago

The last leg home....

This was a great get-a-way!