here i come...

ovendenk · Post by **ovendenk** » February 17th, 2006, 11:59 pm

just got the news from my cousin and his engineering firm. i got a summer co-op job in kamloops, bc working for Traction Technologies!!! tractiontech.ca

anyways, i'd love to get together with some of you guys while i'm over in your neck of the woods. see you soon.

Taras · Post by **Taras** » February 19th, 2006, 4:01 am

That's cool. I am sure you would love to visit Victoria sometime during the summer. And I am sure you would not be able to resist coming over to the meet.

ovendenk · Post by **ovendenk** » February 20th, 2006, 12:40 am

i'd love to see victoria, but google is telling me that it'll be 16hrs or driving to get there, so i'm not too sure it'll work out. it would definitely be a weekend thing and i'd need a place to crash if i went (hint hint).

i'll be at the kelowna meet for sure with my mx-3 since it's only 2.5 hrs away.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » February 20th, 2006, 12:40 pm

ovendenk wrote:i'd love to see victoria, but google is telling me that it'll be 16hrs or driving to get there, so i'm not too sure it'll work out. it would definitely be a weekend thing and i'd need a place to crash if i went (hint hint).

i'll be at the kelowna meet for sure with my mx-3 since it's only 2.5 hrs away.

Thats great to hear. i cant wait for the meet.

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » February 20th, 2006, 1:25 pm

Hehe the loops eh, I might be the only one in that neck of the woods! Victoria is not 16 hours away from kamloops. Van is only 4 hours or less from kamloops.

ovendenk · Post by **ovendenk** » February 20th, 2006, 2:43 pm

solo_ryder wrote:Hehe the loops eh, I might be the only one in that neck of the woods! Victoria is not 16 hours away from kamloops. Van is only 4 hours or less from kamloops.

how far are you from kamloops? you going to kelowna? if so, we should get together for the drive down.

so, what would travel time to victoria be then? stupid google is saying it takes 11hrs to get from vancouver to victoria, that's why the 16 hrs i guess.

Dali · Post by **Dali** » February 20th, 2006, 3:15 pm

are you using vancouver wa. on mapquest, that is the only thng i can see why it would be so long of a drive to victoria, think it is only about 2-3 hours away from van. good to see more people are going to the meet in kelowna, i will probably be going threw kamloops the wednesday night before the meet and stay down till sunday afternoon and drive back. should be a good turn out.

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » February 21st, 2006, 12:57 pm

kamloops is 1 hour from Vernon and about 2 from Kelowna. Man it takes 4 hours to get to Vancouver from loops, idk how far it is from there, ferry is about a hour.

ovendenk · Post by **ovendenk** » February 21st, 2006, 1:33 pm

thanks guys. ya, i dunno what's wrong with google directions. mapquest is saying 6 hrs, so more like 5 i guess. taras, i guess i can make it to victoria and show you ans perry my new interior some weekend.

Taras · Post by **Taras** » February 21st, 2006, 10:28 pm

Depends how long you have to sit in the ferry line-up. Ferry treminal is about 45 mins from downtown Vancouver or other points like Surrey, BC. Depending on the day, you gotta be there about 45 mins before the sailing or even more on weekends or busy days, or pay 17.50 to get the reservation - good idea on Fri night Sat or long weekends. Trip over the straight is 1hr35mins, then about 30mins to Victoria. You do the math.

If you decide to come over to Victoria, that would be great. You can stay at my place in a guest room, as long as no one else is visiting at that time. Otherwise, plenty of couches.

ovendenk · Post by **ovendenk** » February 22nd, 2006, 1:17 am

Taras wrote:Depends how long you have to sit in the ferry line-up. Ferry treminal is about 45 mins from downtown Vancouver or other points like Surrey, BC. Depending on the day, you gotta be there about 45 mins before the sailing or even more on weekends or busy days, or pay 17.50 to get the reservation - good idea on Fri night Sat or long weekends. Trip over the straight is 1hr35mins, then about 30mins to Victoria. You do the math.

If you decide to come over to Victoria, that would be great. You can stay at my place in a guest room, as long as no one else is visiting at that time. Otherwise, plenty of couches.

thanks x 2. thanks for the heads up on the ferry and a big thanks for the bed if needed. i'm still in the process of figuring out where i'm staying for the summer.