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Friday, November 12th, 2004

Day 9 – St. Arnaud to Pichton

With only a short drive before we got to Pichton, we set out early from St. Arnaud. The drive was brief and included only one intermittent stop in which we got gas at Blenheim. I bought some breakfast there but the lady working had no idea how to make any type of coffee and so even though I ordered a cappuccino, I only got black coffee. As we drove around the north part of the island, the roads became noticeably more crowded and the land quite a bit more populated. Pichton was a relatively small town that seemed to mostly revolve around its role as a Ferry port and jump-off point for the Queen Charlotte track and other resorts in the bay. [read on]

Drive Drive Drive

Thursday, November 11th, 2004

Day 8 – Franz Josef to St. Arnaud

Having gone to bed so early, Tory and I were both astonished when we woke up at the relatively late time of 8:30. We were both so utterly exhausted that we’d slept well over nine hours. After a typically brief breakfast, we packed our bags in the car and set out towards the unknown. Truth be known, we had not the slightest idea where we would end up this day, only that we wanted to make it about half way to Pichton. We’d already been forced to change our rental car reservation to allot us enough time to do everything and go on the Queen Charlotte Track. [read on]