From Manitoba to Victoria PW#2

I would like to tell you about my road trip to Victoria, I had to go through 3 provinces and stop at a lot of gas stations and Tim Hortons but it was one of the best family trips I’ve ever had and it brought me here! Let me bring you back a bit, when I had first initially heard that I was going to move to Victoria, Bc..let’s just say I was not too pleased. I hated the idea of leaving my friends and the place where I grew up to go to some island because of “ocean views” and “amazing weather”! I thought my parents where plain out stupid to leave everything behind, but I put on a brave face and try to make the most of it because at that point there was no changing my parents minds they were already packing up our stuff in box’s and buying a new house! Before I knew it the car was packed up and my best friend doriels family was moving to the island with us, I was so excited that I would have a friend with me and at that point I wasn’t to scared about moving anymore. I woke up early at 6 am to start the drive my grandma and two dogs sat next to me and my parents in front, behind us I another car was my grandpa and uncle. We first stopped in Regina and when I looked at the traffic lights they were sideways, I was surprised because since when can traffic lights be sideways? We stayed in a nice hotel with a pool and water slide and I got to go down it a couple times! Honestly the whole vibe of the place was very 80’s movie, it was very bright and colourful and everytime a song would would play in the lobby or pool area my dad would go “oh I know this song” yes dad because it’s from when you were growing up aka the 80’s.
Our next stop was Edmonton! I don’t really remember to much about Edmonton other than our randomly fancy hotel with a crowded pool and bar. The room in the hotel was quite nice it just felt very luxurious compared to the one in Regina, that said the pool which I was quite excited to go to was insanely crowded so I just decided not to go.
Then we went to Kelowna which for some reason had a massive heat wave just as we were passing through!  When we got to the hotel we were all tired and very hot but when we got to the front desk we were told none of the rooms had ac! We walked into our room and it was so humid and dark so we instantly turned back around, got a refund, and went to the nearest holiday inn. When we got to the inn it was honestly so much better than last hotel, I layed down and took a nap. In the morning we headed straight to the car and started driving to the farey terminals in Vancouver to get to the island, when we got into the fairy it was so very cool as I have never been on such a big boat! When we arrived it was about an hour by car, I honestly fell asleep. When we made it I was shipmen awake to see my new home and I suppose it was all history from there!