Victoria British Columbia to Port Hardy British Columbia 315 miles
We got up a little earlier this morning to get going. We have a longer driving day today. Rob was unable to get the virtual Covid testing working last night. The web site on the box isn’t the right one. You need to use the instructions taped on the box. The site is not user friendly but he does eventually get it done. Now it is to be delivered to a FedEx store or one of their labs. Luckily one of the labs is not too far away. We arrived where the GPS took us but didn’t see the address. Rob asked a lady cleaning/blowing the sidewalk who pointed upstairs. Off he went. When he got there he had to wait in line and then sign a form which they had trouble finding. Our early start turned into mid morning. We head out on Canadian highway 1 which is somewhat like a freeway but has stop lights. The further north we go the more narrow the road gets. Eventually it becomes a two lane road. The scenery is beautiful. Lots of mountains covered with extremely dense forest. That opens up occasionally where they have clear cut a strip. Occasionally we see glimpses of the coast line. We drove nearly two hundred miles with no houses, towns or gas stations. We were nearly out of gas when a station appeared. We put 10.73 gallons in a ten gallon tank. We came to the hotel about 20 miles further down the road. After checking in we went to the grocery store to get frozen meals and some yogurt. We must have looked pretty tough because a very nice man in front of us bought our groceries. Early to bed because we have to get up early to go to the ferry.
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