Day 1 - Departure from Vancouver, BC
May 6th 2011 I was up bright and early today to catch the 5 am ferry off Vancouver Island. I love taking the early ferry, it's so quiet and peaceful and it gave me lots of time to think about the adventure I was embarking on. To be honest, I was absolutely terrified. I had never been away from home for this long before. If I thought the two weeks I had been gone last time was hard, this was going to be eve
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