Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Time to hit the holiday road

A couple weeks ago, I went RVing with my family, and want to share the experience.

We started off in Victoria - rented the RV first from a place called Triange RV - which is located literally right off the ferry docks - they were very friendly and helpful and we were in and out of there within a half-hour - the RV was obvisouly rented in advance -

We parked up and met with everyone - loaded up the RV and with our stuff and groceries, and hit the road. We drove to parksville first, and got to the RV resort that we had booked. Surfside RV park was very nice, we had an oceanfront spot and the view was amazing.

The resort had a clubhouse with a pool table and nice washrooms/showers that were accessible for most of the day.

There was a heated oceanside outdoor pool, which we had to ourselves for most of the day and also had volleyball and tennis courts. There was however no fire pit, and everyone there was elderly and in bed by 8:oopm! While we were there we went to visit the Little Qualicum Falls which was a really good hike, and we got to see some very rapid waterfalls.

After a couple days we decided to leave Parksville and head to Tofino. The drive was really beautiful and the resort once we got there was gorgeous. Crystal Cove Resort was an RV Park/Cottages built right on Long Beach - complete with white sandy beaches and amazing tide pools. It was truly one of the most beautiful places I've experienced and it was all right here in my own Province. We went exploring on the beach, took some amazing pictures and had some good quality time around the camp fire.

The RV experience was a really good one and I will definately do it again. I highly recommed RV-ing on Vancouver Island.