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Subject:Re: Where to stay near Vancouver, BC
From:Roger Whittaker
Date:Mon, 22 Jul 2019 08:03:29 -0700

Dear Welcome to Canada

On Bowen - which i have been to only once - and that was by invitation to a
friend's sister's house -
You might check into
https://www.tourismbowenisland.com/destination/stay/accommodations/

I will remind you that Bowen is very strict about extras - (think Magrathea
of Hitch Hikers Guide to The Universe fame where visitors are weighed upon
entry and then again on exit with the excess difference being cut off -- )
That Bowen is having a Logger Sports is interesting because Powell River
has Logger Sports and anywhere from 12-20 thousand visitors arrive for that
two days -- I imagine that amount of would just about fold Bowen up into a
pretzel as they are always crying about water and traffic and and and and
and how every visitor is welcome to leave -- (your experience may be
different I was not camping on the fringe I was in the living rooms of
locals and when i wandered off on my own it immediately became difficult to
function )

Staying near Vancouver - That I have done several times - but the parking
in deep down town has become weird and most of my efforts to be there over
hours at a time have been focused around marinas and docks - when in our
vanagon we simply parked on the street and did not put top up - did not
exit the vehicle once parked - did not cook etc etc - Not sure how that
would be treated these days as Vancouver is getting less vehicle friendly
by the day -

Sorry not more promising info - Others might say different -

Good luck

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 7:11 AM Douglas Toomey <drt@uoregon.edu> wrote:

> We are traveling from Oregon and delivering our daughter to UBC later this
> week.  Any ideas on where to camp/stay near Vancouver?  She is also
> participating in a logger sports event on Bowen Island, which appears to
> have no camping.  Is that the case?
>
> Any advice welcome.  87 Westy with family and dog.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doug
>

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