Exploring the Sunshine Coast

Yesterday was a quiet day.

When I got up in the morning, there was a deer having his breakfast outside my bedroom window (see previous post). We had a leisurely breakfast, and then Emily and I got in the car for a drive as far up the coast as we could go without taking another ferry (not really very fat - about 86 km). The road is very windy and goes up and down a lot, with some beautiful scenery along the way, as well as some lovely secluded beaches and little harbors.

The Sunshine Coast used to be called the Rain Coast (because it rains here a lot, especially in the winter), but a tourism board made a marketing decision to change its name to attract more visitors! Well, it's lived up to its new name since I've been here. The weather has been sunny and delightful.

Today I'll be saying good-bye to Emily and Paul, and taking two ferries to get to Vancouver Island, where I'll be visiting my friends Steve and Christine. It's going to be hard telling Emily good-bye, because we've shared so many incredible experiences in the last week and a half. But I'm also looking forward to getting reacquainted with Steve and Christine, and with seeing Vancouver Island, because as many times as I've been out here, I've never been there yet.

I'm going to keep posting the Photo of the Day, and will keep posting here, too, as long as I'm on my trip. Emily still hasn't decided what she's going to do.