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Vancouver, Victoria, Vancouver Island (and area)

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:59 am
by Leedeth
Hey all, just wondering if there's anyone out there other than Paolo and I that are in the Vancouver area.

If we ever do schedule a meet, let's have it upisland, say, Nanaimo. I'm sick of crossing the ferry. And, we all know that Victoria is a slow-ass retired people's town. But Nanaimo is a short drive from the Inland Island Highway 19, where we can let it roll.

A visual tour of 19 if anyone wants a look: http://modena.intergate.ca/personal/pl8 ... _19S_A.htm

Victoria reporting in, btw.

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:18 pm
by Paolo300zx
Im SOOO IN! lets do it! i just gotta hop on the ferry and im there

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:54 pm
by Badmojo
I'd be in. Nanaimo is only an hour south of me.

I was in Victoria two weekends ago for the Tool concert. :D

Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:23 am
by Paolo300zx
nanaimo is best for me because i can jump on the horseshoe bay ferry... beats the hell out of driving to tswassen

Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:38 am
by comingbackdown
I've been discussing with Leedeth, and... If I have a job, and if it's planned far enough in advance... Well, put it this way. It's been a long time since I've been to Canada.

Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:21 pm
by wannabe
i've never been to canada...i've seen it, never been (seen it via airplane, and across the soo locks in soo saint marie, MI)

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:04 am
by Flash
I'm in Coquitlam, just 50km E of Vancouver. (for now)

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:30 pm
by Paolo300zx
lets get a meet together guys.. common!

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:31 pm
by potownrob
whoa, i didn't realize how close you guys are to seattle :o
that said, i'm no wheres near seattle :? :( .

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:06 pm
by eaglecatcher
potownrob wrote:whoa, i didn't realize how close you guys are to seattle :o
that said, i'm no wheres near seattle :? :( .
Yeah, I think its like an hour or so south of Vancouver.

Canada rocks my world.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:13 pm
by potownrob
i think i got up to abbotsford in that picture tour in the first post. the signage is kind of, let's say, majestic, compared to what we have here in the states. don't see many signs with character around these parts :) .

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:16 pm
by Leedeth
What? Abbotsford isn't on the island, it's near Vancouver on the lower mainland.

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:23 pm
by potownrob
if you click on the last picture on that page with the photo tour, it goes to another page that continues the tour. it goes south towards victoria and then east past vancouver into abbotsford and into the mountains. kind of dull until you get to a place with life.

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:18 pm
by Leedeth
Oh I see. Too bad they didn't continue down to Victoria and wrap around to the Swartz Bay ferries. :(

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:55 pm
by Paolo300zx
eaglecatcher wrote:
potownrob wrote:whoa, i didn't realize how close you guys are to seattle :o
that said, i'm no wheres near seattle :? :( .
Yeah, I think its like an hour or so south of Vancouver.

Canada rocks my world.

lol try 3 to 4 hours... the U.S. is only an hour away though. actually when we fly to abbotsford airport for training, our circuit pattern takes us into the states and back... muhahha crossing the border woot! :twisted: