The final leg of the 2015 BCOL took us from Manning Park to Victoria where we will be joining the Jaguars On The Island show at the weekend. Unlike previous days, we had a fixed timescale to meet, as we had made reservations on the 1:00pm ferry to the island. We therefore set an early departure time of 7:30am.
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| The Manning Park Resort |
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| Loading up the cars in preparation for an early start |
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| Dramatic scenery on Hwy 3 |
The route took us through mountainous scenery on Hwy-3 to Hope. For the first time on the trip it was cold (47 degrees), and jackets and gloves were the order of the day in the open-topped cars.
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| Seven E-Types on Hwy-3 |
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| Dramatic Mountain Views all around |
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| No blog would be complete without an action shot of Drew and Mary's rental Camry! |
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| Having left Manning Park without breakfast, we stopped briefly in Hope |
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| More Mountainous scenery on Hwy-1 towards Vancouver |
We were fortunate to have Ian Cameron leading the group as navigator in Lloyd's car. He was able to guide us through a maze of roads to the ferry terminal. There has clearly been a lot of new road construction in this area. My GPS system was hopelessly lost on several occasions. This new construction includes a number of suspension bridges, which we passed under on our route
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| One of the new suspension bridges |
We arrived at the ferry terminal in Tsawwassen in plenty of time for our 1pm ferry. In fact, we were all able to catch the 12pm ferry. For the first time on this OL we were ahead of schedule!
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| Lined up at the ferry entrance lanes |
We boarded the ship around 12:20pm. These ferries have a very large capacity, with twp car decks. We were all on the lower deck.
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| Driving on board |
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| Inside the ferry the cars are packed closely together. |
We took the opportunity to have lunch on board the boat during the 90 minute passage to Swartz Bay. After arriving on the island we took up Ian Cameron;s kind offer to visit his house for a glass of his own wine, and a chance to relax.
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| Ian Cameron's Stanley Steamer - steam-powered car |
Ian's house is in a wonderful location. It is right by the water-side with wonderful views across the bay.
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| Ian Cameron's back yard... |
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| Enjoying Ian's wine in his back yard |
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| Our host with Jan and Mary |
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| View of Ian's house from the beach |
Around 4pm we set out for our respective hotels in Victoria. Around 5pm several of us joined a reception for Jaguars On The Island at the Marina.
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| Relaxing at the Marine Restaurant at the JOTI reception. |
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| View across the ocean to small islands and the mainland with Mount Baker (Washington) in the far distance |
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| Colourfull border of flowers close to our hotel - everything seems to be so well cared for |
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| Tully has company too! |
Tomorrow we attend the Jaguars On The Island concours, where we will show our cars in their dirty bug-spattered post Oil Leak condition.
Fantastic job on this blog!
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