23. 08. 10 Monday Picked up the car at Hertz and took the ferry across to Nanaimo where we stayed at Howard Johnson’s. Tuesday morning headed north on the island. Took a mix of routes north, sometimes on the highway and other times on the coastal road. Camped at Buttle Lake in Strathcona Provincial Park. This was Daisy’s first night of camping but everything went well and she cooked dinner once I and a neighbour had figured out how the stove worked. Next morning we struck the tent and headed into Campbell River where we set up again at Parkside 
a private campsite just outside of town. Good site with flush toilets, showers and WiFi. We spent the afternoon at the museum in Campbell River- an excellent museum with a very good collection of native artifacts and exhibits on logging and fishing. Thursday we took the ferry over to Quadra island where we went sea kayaking. Inspite of the rain we had a great time and saw bald eagles, harbour seals and starfish. We took the ferry back to Campbell River and as it was still raining had dinner at the White Spot. Friday morning broke camp in the rain, had breakfast in the car and headed north up island. We stopped at Telegraph cove to see the Whale Museum and then went on to Port McNeil where we had a coffee and waited for the ferry to Alert Bay.
