{"id":5408,"date":"2026-02-27T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/2026\/02\/27\/vancouver-island-trip-day-one\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:19:00","slug":"vancouver-island-trip-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/27\/vancouver-island-trip-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Island Trip &#8211; Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re up at 2:22am and finalizing last minute packing. The Uber arrives and we\u2019re off to YWG to catch the first leg of the journey to Calgary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/wp-content\/img_9086-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-5402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9086-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9086-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9086-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9086-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9086.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While we\u2019re in Calgary we have some breakfast and then catch the second leg to Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/wp-content\/img_9089-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-5403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9089-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9089-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9089-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9089-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9089.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Calgary Airport Concourse &#8211; It\u2019s a long walk to our gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gail picks us up at the airport and we\u2019re at her condo in a few minutes. After settling in Gail and I go on a walk in a near by park on the edge of the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/wp-content\/img_9090-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-5404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9090-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9090-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9090-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9090-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9090.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/wp-content\/img_9092-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-5405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9092-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9092-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9092-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9092-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9092-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9092.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/wp-content\/img_9093-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-5406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9093-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9093-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9093-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9093-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9093.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For diner we order some Indian take-out and it\u2019s early to bed. Sitting around flying can be so tiring. ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re up at 2:22am and finalizing last minute packing. The Uber arrives and we\u2019re off to YWG to catch the first leg of the journey to Calgary. While we\u2019re in Calgary we have some breakfast and then catch the second leg to Victoria. Gail picks us up at the airport and we\u2019re at her condo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_9087.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}