Kidding Around Vancouver Island

Sometimes it’s great to pack up the family car and take a leisurely ride on BC Ferries. And then there are those short one or two-day trips to Vancouver, when five or six hours of round-trip ferry travel really eats into your time and energy. But the alternative of packing the whole family [...]

We did a story some time back about the Via Rail train between Victoria and Courtenay. We described traveling from Nanaimo down to Victoria, but to keep it a day trip, you’ll need someone to pick you up in Victoria. That prompted a note from reader Kate Britton, who really knows her Via Rail schedule! [...]