I think my computer is rusting, rain and more rain. Lucky us! The Washington folks are complaining that their Labor Day holiday weekend will be in the low 50’s with snow down to the five thousand foot level. Something the local newscaster called November weather. We left Port Townsend and docked at Port Angeles. Since Port Angeles it is a short 20 miles over to Victoria Canada, we decided to take a ferry to Victoria the next day.
I We would have taken our boat, but the cost of fuel and time was not worth the effort. On the ferry, it only cost $12.50 per person each way, and since we decided to bring our bikes, it was $5.00 more. The trip over to Victoria was very inexpensive and it takes only 90 minutes.
Once again we left in the rain. We rode our bikes to the ferry building at 7:30am and were on the ferry leaving for Victoria at 8:10am. When we arrived in Victoria is was partly cloudy and the day ended up being decent. We bought tickets for the hop on hop off bus, locked up our bikes and off we went. The stop we got off on was Craigdarroch Castle.
It was a mansion built by the Dunsmuir family that had made millions in coal and railroads the late 1800’s. They are the same Dunsmuir family whose son built a mansion near San Jose, it was interesting in that I had been in the Dunsmuir Mansion for a work event, as it has been converted to an upscale hotel and conference location. We spent until 7:30pm in Victoria and returned that day on the ferry. We thought we would be able to leave Port Angeles, Friday August 29th and start towards Nea Bay, but the weather in the Straight of Juan De Fuca has become even worse, with swells of 6 feet and wind waves of 4-6 feet and Gale force winds at 30 to 40 knots. So we will wait out the weather here in Port Angeles and watch TV and eat popcorn. Hopefully, weather permitting we can head to Nea Bay early tomorrow around 6am. Once there, it will be a weather watch again to make our way around Cape Flattery and back into the Pacific Ocean. 
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