We decided to have another family vacation this year with my parents and my sister and husband. We chose to go to Browns Bay up by Campbell River and booked the Fish Cabin. Road trips are always family fun!
On our drive up we stopped in at Miracle Beach, a place where we camped as children. It was always one of my favourite places as a child but it certainly had changed.
The weather was a bit stormy when we arrived but the view of the marina and strait was great Dad was quite content to just sit and watch the water.
The whole cabin is decorated in theme so everywhere we looked there were fish. It was great as Dad and Mom spent so many of their years fishing for salmon mostly out from Port Renfrew.
The day after our arrival we headed over to Quadra Island for a driving tour which contained many stops along the way. This was my second trip to the island and it was great to see things again.
The first stop of course was the lighthouse and beach. Such a beautiful place that looks back across to Campbell River. Then we headed into the Indigenous village and looked at the carvings there.
We drove east on the island stopping at Rebecca Marine Spit for a break and a snack. . After lunch we went up north down a gravel road to Main Lake where we stopped for lunch. What a peaceful place this was.
The next day we toured the Browns Bay resort area, checked out the marina and the RV site and some of us went for a bit of a hike later in the day. At this time of year the place is very quiet and almost deserted.
They have lots of carvings to see. It was here I found myself an old sailor man.
Over by the RV park is a place where people come to have weddings etc. It was a great place to take some photos and selfies. It definitely is place to relax with awesome views.
An old metal buoy that they have carved their logo into. A good place for a picture of the fisherman and his wife. As we entered the camping area up in the trees we found the Fisherman's Loop trail so us younger fllk headed on up and around. It is only 1km long but good to
be out in the trees.
The views from our cabin were great and you never knew what sea life you would or what the view would look like as the sky changed with each day along with the change in weather.
The cabin had lovely chairs on the covered deck along with blankets to wrap up in so it was a good place to sit and get some fresh air. Looking to the left we could see the marina but there were never many boats coming and going but we did see the odd fisherman heading out. To the right we looked out into the narrows where sometime we would see larger ships going by. 
Once again we celebrated by sister's birthday on our family trip. It is a good time of year to go away. We had brought all our own food with us as there really wasn't anywhere to eat out without driving back into Campbell River.
The views from the cabin at night were the best. The cruise ships going by and the marina lights brought colour to water. This was such a great place to come and get away from the life of covid living. I hope we can do it again next year!
