Rae | January 31, 2010
Since I had no intention of driving Miranda to Tofino, I needed to find a place to stay. Research on my own revealed a serious lack of affordable options, so I turned to Trip Advisor. There, several people told me to check out Whaler’s On the Point Guesthouse, a hostel that is part of the [...]
Rae | January 31, 2010
Today, I drove the Pacific Rim Highway, which starts just north of Nanaimo, all the way to its end in Tofino, where I’ll be for the next three days. More on that later. By RV, the PRH would suck. It is a narrow, winding road with one steep downhill after another. In a subcompact with [...]
Rae | January 31, 2010
Today, I’m having a case of déjà-vu. When I went to Scotland in 1998, I did a crazy day trip to the Orkney Islands from Inverness. It involved a very long round-trip bus ride (six hours total, if I recall correctly) and two jaunts across a very choppy and grey North Sea. This trip resulted [...]
Rae | January 30, 2010
Banking in Canada is about as far ahead of the United States as communications are behind it. With our national bank system and the Interac network, banking for Canadian RVers is a cinch, even when out of the country. While there are two types of financial institutions, banks and credit unions, I suggest you go [...]
Rae | January 29, 2010
Today, my boss and I had The conversation; that is the one about when I expect to quit and head back north. It came up as another conversation turned to Dawson City and travel in the north between 1969 and 1979. I made the decision when I hit the road to be upfront with potential [...]
