xviper is working on a big multi-community drive/meet. Here is the tentative schedule. This is a work in progress... The BC meet was one of the best ones last year period.

"Tentative" plan:

Friday, July 8th, check into meet hotel in the evening (Best Western Coquitlam gives us a bit of a deal - last year it was $95.00 Can/night).

Sat, July 9, after breakfast, head out to Horseshoe Bay and get on 11:45am ferry to Langdale (Sunshine Coast). Check here for schedule:
http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/m...c-current.html
Sailing takes 40 minutes. Cost: $28.75/car, $8.50/person
http://www.bcferries.com/fares/sunshine_coast.html

Driving time from Langdale to Earls Cove: approx. 1 hour.

3:10pm Ferry from Earls Cove to Saltery Bay. Schedule:
http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/m...r-current.html
Sailing takes 50 minutes. Cost: Included if first ferry was purchased.

Driving time from Saltery Bay to Powell River: approx. 30 minutes.

5:15pm Ferry from Powell River to Comox. Schedule:
http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/m...r-current.html
Sailing takes 1hr. 20min. Cost: similar to first ferry
http://www.bcferries.com/fares/comox-powell_river.html

*All fares in Can. $ (no debit cards accepted, CC OK)

This would put us into Comox/Courtney around 6:30pm. We can pre-arrange a motel in the vicinity and spend Sat. night there or drive all the way to Victoria to a hotel there.

Sun, July 10, head down to Victoria (about 3.5 hours drive). From Victoria, people can catch the ferry back to Vancouver at their leasure. I'm not sure if a car ferry exists from Victoria to U.S.
Ferries leave every hour on the hour from Victoria (Swartz Bay) - last one leaves at 9pm.

Schedule for Victoria to Vancouver (Tsawwassen - close to US border):
http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/m...w-current.html
Fares: A bit higher than the previous ferries:
http://www.bcferries.com/fares/vanis..._shoulder.html

If this proves to be too costly for most, we can do a repeat of our meet in Vancouver and a local scenic drive, staying 2 nights in Coquitlam.

We'll need to see how much interest there is for this as hotels and restaurants in Comox are plentiful but not large and it would be a Saturday night (busy).
Comments?

 

Sounds like a lot of fun Jeff and July 10th is my 27th birthday! There is an auto ferry from Victoria to PA...

http://www.cohoferry.com/

 

 

Where do I sign??

 

_____________________ <-there

 

July... I just may have my car back by then.

 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!! Make it the next weekend!!!!!!


I have a wedding to attend on the 10th.

 

Hey Nancy - people get married all the time.

Good to see the interest, y'all.

 

This is enough time to start saving up for a summer trip. Riding ferries is actualy a lot of fun.

 

hmmm... my car has a problem with those ferry ramps if the tide is low.