Welcome to the latest series of Super, Neighbours blog posts where we highlight incredible travel destinations in British Columbia! |
So yes, in case the photo of my cute son wasn't a solid enough indicator, this is a family adventure to Painter's Lodge I'm taking you on. My wife, my son and myself will be the characters you'll get to know better through this series of a few posts about our trip.
And I mean we could have tried to fly over, but this isn't the epic journey that is the trip to Tofino and isn't gruelling; it's a couple hours over to the Island and then a couple hours at the most up to Campbell River. It's a pretty rural drive with small towns to stop in on along the way.
And if you were to fly in you would never come across TOTALLY AWESOME stores like this one that's in Campbell River and which I can't remember the name of. It's like an emporium of used fishing gear. The bucket there says "EXPERIENCED RODS" and is full of too many deals on fishing rods.
Once inside, everything is categorized perfectly. From spinning reels...
To knuckle duster reels...
To plugs...
To these lures which I think I previously let you know are called "hoochies". I bought 3 of them for $2. I could have chosen any of the ones pictured here for the same price.
Anyway, this was a slight detour on our way into town to visit , to relax, enjoy the beach and the food and the atmosphere and to end up on a pretty crazy fishing adventure. Stay tuned for part 2!