April 15 - 17 from Fernie to Sidney

We got a rather late start from Fernie Friday night (8:00 PM)  but made it to Revelstoke nevertheless, with Emily sleeping much of the way. Woke the hotel manager up at 12;30, only to have him show me our room key under the front mat.   I felt bad for the guy, particularly when I noticed the email instructing me to look there.  Oops.

It was a bit of a slog to Vancouver from there, with a few stops to keep everyone happy, but made it in time to do some shopping errands we planned.  Stayed in Richmond Sat night, and reserved a passage on the 9:00 Ferry Sunday morning.  A decent night's sleep, although Sara had to ask some young guys to keep it down in the hallway outside our door around midnight.

Once we were on board the ferry, I called my nephew Chris.  It turned out that he and his girlfriend were on the same Ferry.  We had a good visit with them, and while we were talking the group that Sara quieted down the night before walked up.  It turned out they were the volleyball team Chris coaches, and they were all in the same hotel as us.  Small world.