Another beautiful day of walking on a beautiful beach…. This time, the other side of Long Beach. There was more people than on Wickaninnish, which mean that there was 30 people on the whole 5km beach, so, still not St Tropez. The White Owl was, again, very happy. She even took some water from the […]
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Wickaninnish
The weather was abnormally beautiful, but we weren’t about to complain. The drought was starting to have its effects in British Columbia, but for us, the sky was blue, the temperature was around 20 Celsius, and we just enjoyed it enormously. We spent the day walking on the south part of the famous Long Beach, […]
Ucluelet
Our clothes situation was to be addressed. There was no avoiding it. It was an uttermost pressing matter. We were indeed at this moment in our trip where it was essential that we find a way of washing our clothes, and were facing the tough choice of either walking naked or give off a rather […]
The Road of a Thousand Turns
This was not a very interesting day. We mostly went from A to B, from B to C, from C to D, back a bit because we were lost, and finally to K. We took a bus for a while, then a rental car, which means I had to drive. Dear reader, I’m sure you’re […]
One Year Old!
The Rambling Blue Owl is 1 year old today!!! 12 months and 25 posts, both in English and French! O dear reader, all the things we’ve been through together!! We’ve been to Hell and back in the beautiful plains of Iceland… You’ve watched me adopt a pet Xenomorph. You followed me to a Single’s Party, […]
Mammoths and Ocean
“What is the plan for today?” asked the White Owl during the delicious hotel breakfast. -We have a big day today, Mama! I thought we could start in the morning with… with…” I coughed slightly. “With the Royal BC Museum…” It so happened that she was drinking coffee at the time, and it didn’t go […]
From Vancouver to Victoria
Our last morning in the train was a nice mix between mountains and farms. At some point, we were stopped a long time, and they told us the train hit a poor Bambi and they would take it to the vet. Also, a lot of this… And I have so many questions about that! We […]
The Canadian – Day 3
Another night of peaceful rest and happy bliss for me, and of unpleasant shaking for the White Owl. In the morning, we made a stop at Edmonton: we could just see the skyline from where we were. They added a panoramic car, which was very exciting, because it meant that it was the long awaited […]
The Canadian – Day 2
I woke up the next morning, emerging with difficulty from the best sleep I’ve ever had, to a beautiful misty morning on the Canadian plains. Honestly, I slept so well in this train that I spent most of my time thinking of ways I could reproduce the movement and droning noise in my bedroom at […]
The Canadian – Day One
We got in the Canadian at 1 in the morning, and went quickly to bed. My venerable progenitor not being as lissome as she once was, I got the top bunk, and was very happy with it, because everybody knows it’s the best bunk. The sheets were white and soft, the train was rumbling noisily, […]