Off we go!!

This weekend was full of excitement for us... excitement for the future. We have been talking about our trip to BC for months now, ever since Michele & Bill told us they were moving... we've been planning and saving and moving funds to cover everything... and guess what? As of last night it's ALL booked!! Rick's Mom Carolynne was nice enough to let us use her credit card to book the plane tickets. We gave her the money, and took it right out. We're flying from Toronto to Vancouver on West Jet. Then flying back from Victoria on Air Canada. It was cheaper that way, so we did it. AND, Air Canada had a later flight which we love!! So we're flying out, leaving TO at 7:30am Sept 15th EST. We arrive 9:35am PST in Vancouver. Erica, Rick's cousin, is picking us up, we'll spend the day at the aquarium with them, go to their house for a bit, and then she'll drop us off at the ferry for 6pm. We take the ferry across to Vancouver Island, get a shuttle or whatever to the hotel, and we're there :) We fly out on the Tuesday, the 20th, at 10pm. There's a 1 hr stop-over in Vancouver, but from there we show up in TO 7something in the morning.... I am SOOO psyched!!

On top of that, we called to make our reservations (finally!) at the hotel. We're going to the Victoria Marriott Inner Harbour. For a hotel, it's pricey, but we wanted something really nice for our first trip. They wouldn't take any reservation without a confirming credit card. I was not happy. So, I called Mom and begged her, and we used her credit card. I'll just call the hotel tonight or tomorrow to confirm etc... but guess what?? Because we booked it online, we got a bonus... we didn't get the room we wanted, but it's close. However, we DID get free breakfast every day. That'll save us some money on meals. I'm sooo psyched. It's booked, and we're GOING!!

That's it for now... I'll write more as the time gets closer. Off we go!!