Vancouver Island is the largest island off the west coast of North America, about 320 miles (or 500k) long. To live here doesn't really feel like an island; everything you could want is here. It may take a bit of a drive, but there is shopping too - Costco, Home Depot and all the other big boxes of interest to someone building a home....hmm, not quite ALL of the big boxes. There is no IKEA on Vancouver Island and I have wanted to check out their kitchen cabinets and wardrobes and some other housewares at before final decision time.
To get there means a trip to Vancouver and suddenly "You know you are on an Island".
Don't laugh: Roy and I got up at 6:00 AM to drive to Dukes Point to catch the 7:45 ferry to Tsawwassen (a 2 hour crossing) to get to the store by 10:00AM. Cost: $72.00 each way. Yikes. We won't be doing this too often.
The trip to Vancouver reminded us of all the things we dislike about the city: crowds and traffic and although we went on a weekday, IKEA was packed. Turns out that Remembrance Day is a big holiday out here in western Canada, not just for banks and the LCBO.
Anyway it was a worthwhile exercise just to know that the logistics would be insane. Imagine mistakes and having to do returns...
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