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This is part one of a trip to Vancouver island (Victoria and Parksville) and Vancouver, British Columbia in November 2003. The second part, detailing the Vancouver leg of the trip is in a separate travelogue.

Vancouver Island 2004

Tvor
2005-09-05 15:22:23

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October 31

How much *fun* is it to travel on Halloween! I got to the airport by 7:30 for a 9 o’clock flight and spent a quiet half hour in the Maple Leaf lounge (flying business class on points!) At the gate waiting to board, I saw a woman in a chicken outfit, complete with yellow tail and orange legs/webbed feet! The first flight attendant on the plane that morning had bright sparkly sunglasses and the other one had big green “Mr. Spock/alien” ears! Everyone got on the plane with a smile!

On the flight out of Toronto, the attendants had bright orange hat on, one pointy like a witch’s hat and one like a felt pumpkin. Lindor chocolates wrapped in orange pumpkin paper were distributed as well. While waiting for the flight to Victoria, my friend and I saw a tall person dressed in a long cloak and rubber alien mask, and we also saw a man in a business suit hurrying through the airport, sporting a long bright pink wig under a fedora! :) Oh, and I was traveling alone, the friend I was having tea with in Victoria’s small but bright airport was a neighbour from home who was there on business and on her way back east!

Anyway, all the flights were fine. I was taken aback to see how much dirty yellow-brown smog lay over Toronto in the mid morning light. I had not seen that on other trips. I was tickled to see Niagara Falls from the air as we prepared to land in Toronto, that was the closest I'd been to them! The Prairies were covered with a blanket of snow from Manitoba right across to the Rocky mountains which were pretty neat to fly over as well. Vancouver had quite a bit as well which really took me by surprise but apparently it does have smog which nestles against the mountains in the Fraser Valley. The flight to Victoria only lasted 10 minutes, blissfully short after sitting in airplanes all day.

I’m staying with my aunt and uncle ...