Port Angeles

7-18-09
Today we drove into Port Angeles. We found a couple geocaches online and found 4 of them. Port Angeles and Forks, Washington are put in the book Twilight and the sequels so there are a few places in Port Angeles where the movie was filmed. Brooke was so excited and got to pose in front of a few. She was happy about it and then we found a Twilight store which had everything Twilight a person could imagine. We found little RV park and are going to spend today and tomorrow there. It is called Peabody Creek RV park. We ate lunch and then went back to the bus. We went to the Victoria Ferry Terminal and got some information on it. We decided to go tomorrow and walk Victoria, B.C. We payed for another night for the campground and are looking forward to tomorrow.

Back Again?

7-17-09
Today we went on a road trip back to Whidbey Island (If you are wondering why we went back it was a way to bypass Seattle). We headed south and waited in line at the Keystone ferry terminal for about 2 hours. When they started loading the ferry we were very unsure if we were going to make that trip. We waited wile the other cars loaded and then we got to go and the person behind us didn't. We barely made it on and were about 4 feet from the back of the boat. We were the last car on the boat. After the 40 minute ferry ride across to Port Townsend we got off and headed for a campground near Port Angeles. We finally found a KOA about 5 miles from Port Angeles at about 10pm and it was packed. We got the last site because it was a “ghost” site an was reserved for different reasons. We then went to sleep.

Larrabee State Park

7-16-09
This morning we decided to stay another night at Larrabee State Park. We went on a hike and down to the beach and looked at some sea creatures. Mom found a starfish and picked it up. She showed it to us and then she put it back. We walked a little farther and then headed back. We got some firewood and started a fire (which took about 3 hours to get a sustainable fire) and had smores after dinner. We had a smore roasting contest an then went to sleep.

Leaving The Country

7-15-09
We left Fort Langley and headed to Chilliwack (I know, I'm not sure who picks some towns names...) and then to Cultus Lake and rented a jet ski for and hour. Dad got to pilot the vessel while I got to go on first. I swapped with Brooke after half an hour and then she got to ride. We had a blast and got up to about 45mph, on choppy water. We then drove down to Sumas, Washington and crossed back into the U.S. We stopped at a geocache and dropped to some trackables we picked up. We then found a State Park, Larrabee State Park. We found a spot and stayed the night.

First Cache in Canada!

7-14-09
Today I found my 50th geocache and it was in Fort Langley B.C.! We got to talk to the cache owners mom because it was on her mailbox. I guess he is so is crazed by geocaching he has found almost 1000 caches. We had a good time and visited some stores and ate lunch, then went back to the campsite.

Fort Langley

7-13-09
We started our day with good Safeway donuts (what else?). We saw a bunny running around our campsite and got a bag of lettuce. Dad and Brooke fed the bunny some lettuce and carrots, of which it preferred he carrots. The bunnies were used to people and they come right up to you. We left the campground and skirted around Vancouver to Langley and went to a Canadian flight museum and had a good time looking around. We then went up to Fort Langley and found a great campground called Fort Langley campground. They have a general store and a pool! We got a crash course in Canadian currency from the general store clerk and it was very helpful. We then came back and walked into Fort Langley, the town, and looked in the shop windows. Most of the shops were closed due to the late time of the evening so we saw a train, and headed back. We suited up and headed for the pool after we got back. We swam for about an hour and then took showers. We then headed back and ate dinner. We went up to the general store before it closed and got ourselves some roasting sticks. We had some smores and wen to bed.

Welcome to Canada....

7/12/09
Today we headed into Canada. We drove about 45 miles and to the border. We saw the Peace Arch. We passed through without any problems. We headed strait for Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. There were unfriendly people and lots of people so that didn't give us a good first impression of Canada. We finally got out of the mess of streets about an hour after we entered them and went up north to Shannon falls. We couldn't get a spot at the state campground but ended up at another one that had wild bunnies! We hiked over to Shannon falls and enjoyed the view before dinner and going to bed.