nanaimo for lunch

i suppose it could be considered a little extreme catching the ferry to Nanaimo for the sole purpose of having lunch - and we didn't even have a particular restaurant in mind - but our day trip was more about the journey than the destination.

unfortunately the weather forecast wasn't entirely accurate. we did see some sun while we were on the ferry, but it was raining both in horseshoe bay and nanaimo, so we went into the shopping mall rather than the park as we'd planned.

mom, dad and liz found a great little mexican restaurant on the water, and thoroughly enjoyed their meal despite the fact they were eating outside in the rain. i woke up in time to have a little taste, too.

we didn't see a spectacular sunset from the ferry, or any orca, but the mountains and islands were as impressive as ever and i DID get to drive a racing car