Day One: Washington & Oregon

We left Victoria on a cool but bright February morning. We cleared customs without any problems and were on the Coho Ferry to Port Angeles, Washington that left town at 10:30am.


Day one was actually pretty uneventful. The weather was a bit cool but very nice all the same. We spent most of the day travelling because one of our few concrete appointments takes place tomorrow near Portland, so we had to get reasonably close to it before stopping for the night.

We took the coast highway through Washington and it was gorgeous. There were beaches that reminded us very much of Tofino and we stopped to wander around for a while.


We made it into Oregon, which is (so far) another charming state. We stayed on the coast, zipped through Astoria, and stopped for the night in the town of Seaside, where we found the glory that is Pig'n Pancake. Mmm, breakfast for dinner!


I'm having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that other people are now responsible for my dogs. I'm sure I'll worry the whole trip, but the longer we go without any incidents (yes I'm paranoid and yes the people watching my dogs are great) the better I will feel. I know it's not logical. I can't help it.

Anyway that's all for now. We had a string of very long and busy days in lead-up to our departure, and we are both pretty beat. Time to recharge and have a leisurely vacation!