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After Lunch at the Red Robin we visited the Meeker Mansion in Puyallup
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Our first night at the Medallion Hotel in Arlington, WA
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Dinner in the Medallion Hotel
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Howard wins the Blooper Flag for the day. Something about having the wrong name for the hotel
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Rest stop on our way to Nanaimo
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Rodger Eddy takes time to put his tour licence plate on
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Our Ferry to Nanaimo
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When we arrive at the dock in Nanaimo we were met by Bhagwan & Gail Mayer who had us join them at a Vancouver car club annual picnic
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Our Hotel in Nanaimo
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Happy hour at the Coast Bastion Inn and also celebrated Rodger & Jan Eddy's 50th anniversary!
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A stop in Coombs to sample the local shoping
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Then on to see the Little Qualicum Falls
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In Port Alberni we were treated to a visit to a historic saw mill
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Robert beside his new truck
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Checking out the logging operation
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The mill visit included lunch at the mill cafateria
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The train was waiting to take us to Port Alberni
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About the same age
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Rogder & Jan Eddy 50 years of marrage and still in love!
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Fun ride
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Robert Douglas got to ride in the locomotive and blow the whisle.
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Our Hotel in Port Alberni where we spend two day
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Even our host in BC got the Blooper
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From Port Alberni we drove to Tofino with a stop to see one of two fire fighting sea planes. The other one was being used in the California fires.
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Captain Quentin Robbins at the controls
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Quentin, better wait for the engine to be repaired!
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Bhagwan and Gail at a rest stop on the way to Tofino
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Robert and Jan Newland joined us in Port Alberni with there "FC" 37 Packard
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A visit to a lighthouse in Ucluetet
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On Wednesday we head on to Victoria with another stop in Coombs. Note the goats on the roof. Howard got the Blooper Flag again for feeding the goats
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Traveling through Ladysmith on our way to Victoria
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Bhagwan lead us to a local car collection.
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a restored French car that came in second on the New York to Paris run in 1904
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Forest fresh pickup needs a little work
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Our lunch in Chemainus
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Daryl & Bev take time to smell the roses
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Quentins friend Jack joins us
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We check in at the Queen Victoria Hotel in Victoria
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Our first night in Victoria we had dinner at the Old English Inn
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Of course we need our nightly happy hour
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Then dinner at the Old English Inn
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We meet up with a couple local car club people in Victoria for a morning tour of town
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Note he is a Packard man so he designed and built the front door of his home to look like a Packard grill.
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The next day Bhagwan leads us on a special tour of Victoria area including a stop to see a local car collectors toys
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Then on to visit Craigdarroch castle in Victoria
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Followed by a visit to a restoration shop.
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Bhagwan & Gail with their 1930 Cadillac
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Bob Newland managed to collect the blooper flag
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On Friday we head to Lake Quinault with a ride on the Black Ball Ferry
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Thanks to Bill Jabs we get a tour of the engine room
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and the pilot house where both Bill and Robert get to be the pilot
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Robert and Gail with their "FC" 37 Packard
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George & Sylvia with their "FC" 48 Chrysler Imperial
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Robert and Frankie with their 37 Packard
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Bill and Windy with their "FC" 30 Packard
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Quentin and his 51 Chevy
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Mona & Aloma with Mona's "FC" 41 Cadillac
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On the way to Tokeland we stopped to see this grand old house "castle" in Hoquiam
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A stop at a winery on the way to Tokeland
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The last night of our tour was spent at the historic Tokeland Inn. The oldest Inn in Washington state
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Everyone relaxing in front of the fireplac on our last night of and a wonderful tour.
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