Bowen Island

Bowen Island is only an hour away from Burnaby (30 minute drive plus 30 minute ferry ride), so the short travel time makes it a great first family staycation. David surprised me with the trip on my birthday. He is the best!

Baby fell asleep on the ferry. Perfect.

Bowen Island

When we first arrived at the B&B, I heard some rustling in the bushes below on my way to the suite. I looked down and there was a deer a few feet away! We just stared at each other for awhile trying to figure out who startled who. I went back to get David who was in the car with Olly and motioned for him to come look. Going back to the same spot we saw a fawn instead and the mama deer was close behind. I didn't get a picture of it but it was a magical start to our vacation.

There's not a lot to do on the island except relax, eat, and hike. There is only one area with restaurants right near the ferry terminal so our weekend consisted of sleeping at our B&B and driving to the ferry terminal for every meal. The restaurants close before 9pm so you better get dinner early! Our favourite dinner place was Tuscany Pizza and favourite lunch place was Artisan Cafe.

Tuscany Pizza - good pizza!

On the way back to the B&B from Tuscany Pizza we gave way to a deer on the road.

Cars in the country lookalike this

The baby always napped around lunch time so David picked up food and brought it back to eat in. That's what vacation is like with a baby...you rent a bedroom to eat in! Here's Olly napping on the king bed. I took this picture thinking he would look small on the bed but he looks pretty big. The king bed is actually two twins next to each other with a foam wedge. His butt fits in the gap well. There's so much space on a king bed, what luxury!

I'm just going to nap through all the daylight

By the time baby wakes up it's pretty much dusk and there's not a lot of light left. Luckily the B&B is surrounded by trees so you feel like you're in a forest anyway. There is a trail to the lake nearby but we hiked about 5 mins on the trail before we headed back. Still, good walk!

Quick! Lets fit in a hike before it's completely dark!

We checked out at 11am and went for another walk around the area. There was a house at the end of the long driveway with horses in their "yard" and the girl was just getting ready to go riding with her friends. We stopped to marvel at her horse. I was way more excited about the horse than Olly.

People own horses here.

We then drove along the main road and headed to the south part of the island to the beach. There's not much of a beach but it's a nice view. We ate some fig bars in the car and drove to the art gallery area.