The visit....

Well Jason, Nate and I managed to fly out for a trip to Vancouver/Victoria during spring break. We had a wondeful time and managed to cram in a bunch of activities during the short trip.

We visited Pat and Sandy's cabin in Pender Harbor - which will be absolutely stunning when it is done! They will have to re-think having children though as they discovered that the local restaurants are not particulary child friendly ;-)

The 3 of us then headed to Vancouver island for a 3 day trip. We just about missed the ferry across - like we were the second last car allowed on - there was much hand wringing and nail biting prior to knowing we had made it on. Seems like a silly thing but an additional 4 hour wait on a dock with not much to look at is not a pleasant thought with a 2-year old. We got to Victoria did some walking around and ordered in some nasty chinese food into the hotel room.
On day 2 I was surpirsed with a spa retreat from my hubby and Nate and Jason went to beacon Hill park where there was a petting zoo that fascinated them both. Supper was Ferris' oyster bar (http://www.ferrisoysterbar.com/). Amazing meal. Skip the veggie dog as even the kid didn't want it - but everything else was awesome - and the portions were over the top.

The next day we were off to Parksville where we stayed at Tigh-Na-Mara Lodge http://www.tigh-na-mara.com/ Beautiful view of the water and very nice rooms. No room services available though - at least maybe this time of year- and we weren't up to battling the child in a fancy restaurant after making him sit for 3 hours in the car so we went to Boston Pizza. Oh god, how our vacations have changed.

When we made it to Vancouver Sandy treated us to a great pasta meal with very thinly sliced asparagus and a tomato sauce that was awesome. We also ventured out to the park with Nate and to a nice seafood restaurant whose name escapes me. Overall an excellent and relaxing holiday that will have to last us a while with the new baby coming in the summer......