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Two ferries to get where I’m going today.

Ferry Number One: The Edmonds-Kingston run. Means getting out of the house before 9am to catch the 9:20 ferry or so I learned when I just randomly showed up to catch the next ferry.

Ferry Number Two: The Black Ball ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria. The joy of this old ferry is doing my duty free shopping before the sailing.

I’m meeting Chip and Linda in Port Angeles for lunch before we sail at 2pm. They know the restaurants better than I do since they are in Forks, which is down the road a bit from PA.

Victoria here we come. Off for four nights at the lovely WorldMark Victoria. the WMVic is still my favorite in the chain. And we have my favorite unit in Victoria — the 2-bedroom penthouse various floors. How you can have a penthouse on various floors does need some explaining. Most times (though not in Oceanside) penthouse means robes and your own private hot tub. We will see if that works for the WorldMark Ocean Walk in Daytona Beach where Dan and I are staying next week, the penthouse designation.

For those of you following my obsession with staying at all the various World Mark resorts, I actually DECLINED to make a reservation at the WorldMark Deer Harbor on Orcas Island (one island over from Lopez). I had a spare day (Thursday) and was thinking about going over for the night since I need to be on Lopez Friday night for a Saturday meeting with possible buyers for Bob (the 1980 Bluebird Wanderlodge). Deer Harbor would complete my stays at all the Washington resorts, and Ocean Walk will complete my stays at all the Florida resorts (that doesn’t include Fairfield affiliates). I’ve stayed at all the resorts in Canada, Hawaii, and Fiji. But still a couple more in Oregon — and bunches in California.

But enough about my obsessions. Time to start driving.

EVENING UPDATE:

Arrived in Victoria in one piece after a WONDERFUL meal at Michael’s in Port Angeles. Technically it is Michael’s Divine Dining — Downtown, Downstairs. Ferry, rocky, on time. We were in the WorldMark unit at a little before the 4pm check-in.

Cocktails (to warm the wet walk from the ferry) and computer network configuration fill the next hour before our grocery run.

Dinner? Top Sirlion Rolled Medallions — an amazing deal at $13.21 a kilo (2.2 pounds), green beans ala Linda, a great bagette, and most importantly — the 2004 Meritage Jackson Triggs which was STUNNING — and $20 a bottle even in Canada with it’s recent dollar parity.

Think hot tubs for later. Life is hard in North America.