I visited Miracle Beach in 2010 during the trip of a lifetime! It was a trip that I couldn't afford but one that I had to make!
The giant trees of the B.C. rain forest bordered the path to Miracle Beach!
Ideas and dreams can come true but you have to plan and then you must commit. Only then will they become a reality. I have two brothers and they live more than 8,500 kilometers away as the crow flies. I had never been to their homes and it was time to take my son to visit his uncles. I booked the tickets 6 months in advance and then momentum and decisiveness made it happen!
Milan to Frankfurt. Frankfurt to Vancouver. Vancouver to Victoria. Victoria to Port Hardy. Port Hardy to Prince Rupert! That's A Long Way!
Of course, with such a long trip there were many adventures along the way. One was stopping at Miracle Beach during the long drive from Victoria to Part Hardy on the Vancouver Island, a distance of just under 500 kilometers! In Canada the distances are immense!
The tide was out and it left behind large areas of beach, warm shallow pools of water and then the cold Pacific Ocean waters that lie between Vancouver Island and the Mountains of the British Columbia mainland!
A Wonderful Reunion And A Time to Bond Ensued!
Miracle Beach was aptly named in my case. It marked a turning point. In just one more LONG day I would be re-united with my two brothers and my Son would meet family members and see their homes for the first time! For my son and I it really was a miracle and the trip of a lifetime!
What About You?
- Have you undertaken long journeys to be re-united?
- Do you agree that you need to commit to make things happen?
- What was your miracle beach your miracle voyage?
I hope that you enjoyed this trip to Miracle Beach!
Until next time,
@kus-knee (The Old Dog)
Another beautiful post, thanks for sharing.
These locations mentioned above are all deeply seeded in my heart and am glad to see you give them exposure. I guess meeting with the West Coast was in itself a Miracle Beach event. Yet, most of the ones I am doing these days goes exactly the other way around and my "Miracle Beach" ends up being trips to Quebec, over 5500 km from where I am living using the road I take to do the trip. Meanwhile, I'm still in Canada! A little something to ponder considering this is a drive that I have done a few years back in 4 days...
The ultimate one though, my family on my dad's side and I shared a few years back is a trip where they left from "La Belle Province" while I left from Haida Gwaii. We all met in Waterton National Park, in southern Alberta. Tour surprise, we learnt from the park managers, that the park itself is a focal point for many family gathering from all over Canada and the USA! The lake surely offer a Miracle Beach for many.
For all of us, as we had committed to meet that summer, it was a trip of a life time, one that will be remembered and go down in our history as a family as the best shared time e've ever had providing for the ultimate trip for us all.
I don't know if you remember, but Waterton National Park was the subject of one of my very first post and should maybe make a Part 2 commemorative article about it while presenting other parts of the park... ;) Soon, when I get access to my pictures and a personal computer, the sharing will go on.
Till then, keep your smile, thanks a bunch once again for such a healthy sharing and the opportunity to partake in this beautiful discussion definitively
worth having. All for one and one for all!
Namaste :)
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You definitely know what it means to take long trips to re-unite! Thanks for the memories and I would look forward to Waterton National Park part 2!
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yes!
need to fly miles to reconnect - that too!
but only if the person/s are worth doing it for!
as for committing to something to make it happen
full blast if you should
and it surely shall unfold!
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very good place nice pics
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I know it was a great trip...even if I couldn't be there....maybe next time....
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Every beautiful thing that we saw had us wishing that we could have shared it with you!
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I really enjoyed the article my dear brother @kus-knee. I did go back to India in 2007 to reunite with my brother and for his marriage.
Yes there is commitment needed for long voyages.
I will love to visit Beautiful BC this summer with my family and this is a commitment!
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India is a LONG way from your area but it was indeed a very special occasion!
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Yes, I went back after 4 years and there is always a curiosity to see your family and friends and lovely destinations including kind of changes happened back there!
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I also have my elder brother in Canada(alberta) and last we met on my marriage in 2011 and since then we never met face to face, now i have a kid of three year old who never met or seen his uncle and due to visa problem and financial crunch i m going through result in delaying the idea of reunion. Yes he can come but life in canada is so busy for him that he unable to leave and left his motel business.
This post of urs kind of depressing to me and reason for this you can well understand ; but your post also spark some light and energy in me to strive more to better my financial condition , so that i can afford to visit him one day with family.
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Wow, we can understand each other! When I went there I really couldn't afford it but I made it happen. All the best to you and your family and maybe soon you will pay the trip with Steem!
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Thanks for your wishes and by the grace of god and support from seniors that will surly happen.
Please share your story of fund raising with us too.
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I, myself, am staying far away from home and motherland. I did stay away from my country on few occasions, but this is by far my longest. I think my miracle beach trip will happen when I visit the beach very near my own home and get my kids to learn about their real home and true mother-tongue 😔
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Yeah, I used to go at remote place and villages , that's really cool..
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Maybe you could share some of them in a post!
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I love to travel, but have a very hard time saving the money for international travel. Flights across the ocean are just so expensive. So my adventures so far have all been US domestic.
Luckily the US is a very large and geographically diverse country, but eventually I will want to see other places. What we really lack here in the US is history. It is the new world after all, nothing that ancient to see or explore.
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You are right the USA is big and beautiful. I've traveled it quite a bit and there are some fantastic places!
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Good Lord... I got tired just reading about the journey... Now I'm off for a nap!!! Great pictures!
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Funny comment as usual!
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Well... It looked like an exhausting journey. It would have worn me out- I'd have needed 6 months just to recover... It takes me a day to recover from going to the store!
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Very inspiring story - i love my brother more than anyone else and this story made me feel emotional as he lives also far away.. this place seems not to be so crowded and looks pretty natural - are there fir trees right at the beach?
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We have this in common then. Yes there are Douglas Firs along the way to the beach. Lots of wilderness and forested areas!
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Nice, i dont live very far from there at all, :)
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Very cool. I seem to remeber you being in Victoria?
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you got it, my friend :)
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I live in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States so I am lucky enough to make short trips to Vancouver and Victoria every now and then - it's quite a beautiful region of the world. But to answer your question I do take far away trips to be reunited with my family since a few them have moved across the country, it's a commitment in terms of finance and time off but it's your family and it's well worth it in the end.
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This:
" it's a commitment in terms of finance and time off but it's your family and it's well worth it in the end."
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Memories Are Beautiful ... Please Do Share More Pictures of this Beach Next time... it looks really amazing and for that a big thumbs up from my side...
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Thanks a lot. It was a short "pit stop" visit!
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I like to travel, but unfortunately finances do not allow it to be done often.
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You are right. Normally wouldn't have made that trip but I wanted my son to know his relatives. The world is beautiful and I'm sure that there are many nice places near you!
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Nice read. Read reminds me I need to travel more:-). Upvoted
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Thanks a lot for stopping by @gacherih
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yes I do enjoyed the "trip" I do also love to travel ...will restart some day...txs.
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That's great! Travel gives you a lot to blog about!
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I cannot complayn i travel a lot but yea like never this long :)
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Yes you have been to some nice places but your family farm is beautiful too!
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I love to travel with you @kus-knee! Thanks for the wonderful photos! My unforgettable beach under the Bear is a mountain!
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Very nice! Thanks for the visit!
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Firstly, that's a hell lot of travelling!!
Miracle beach looks awesome!
Since the tide was out, did you find any sea shells?
I love collecting them!
Pebbles as well.
I did travel all the way from India to US to meet my sister and her husband! It was a painful flight but it was all worth it!
And I do agree that you need to commit to make things happen.
How else will we get things done? :)
I have also posted something on BeachWednesday, a place that I just love!
Upvoted!
Always love reading your posts :)
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Thanks a lot for your visit. Yes there were shells and creatures of various sorts! I'll have a look at your beach!
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Thank you :)
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wow! amazing place!
btw, are you going to Athens for the Steem Meetup? Onceuponatime invited us but unluckely in was impossible for us to be free in such a short time!
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Thanks. No I won't be able to go either on such short notice.
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Went on an one year adventure travelling to Australia, Asia and the US... Need to do the same thing again, just different places:) miracle beach? Can't decide... Philipines and Indonesia had some really great beaches! Miss em... You might like my travel posts too :)
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Sound like you like to get around!
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I am lucky most of my family stay in South Africa
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Yes that is an advantage!
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Geat work my dear so I vote you plz you interested in nature and tourism visit my page to support me thanks again
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Thanks so much for coming by!
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This is great! I love to travel as well, but I haven't done a long trip in a while. I like it when I'm on the road, specially with someone you want to be with or someone you love being with.
The memories, the journey, the endless roads, it's just great! It's nice to read stories like this. I had written a post titled "2500 KM Roadtrip with the love of my life" a few months ago. Something similar to this, and it was sort of supposed to re-unite ourselves.
Yes, totally agree that we have to commit to make things happen. I have made several mistakes in the past, where I didn't commit to the important things or people in my life, taking things for granted, and I've lost them now. Learnt my lesson. Hence now, I'm only working towards making the lives of the people I disappointed and let down, a lot better, making them happy, helping them succeed and be awesomer than they were. It's nice, the feeling :)
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What a wonderful and long trip. Love the name of the beach. I regularly need to fly from Australia to Taiwan to reunite with my parents or to the US to see my sister. My most memorable reunion was with a good friend of mine in Norway in 2013. I flew 26 hours to get there for a conference and she flew from Eastern Europe. We had a fantastic time in Oslo and took the train to Bergen. Trip of a lifetime
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Sounds like a really amazing trip... actually, you were not all that far from us, here in Western Washington, but you're quite right... the distances here are enormous, compared to Central Europe.
I haven't ever gone super far specifically to connect with family... but as I moved to this upper left corner of the US, it turned out that I have distant relatives who live around here... the great grandchildren of my great Uncle Emil who emigrated to the US around 1912-13. A different kind of miracle, you might say.
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Nice post.. please see my blog about my family trip i want to make in 2019.. I hope steemit will help me get there. and I will do my best to reach my goal and give my kids a vacation they never forget
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Congratulations @kus-knee
You took 64 place in my Top 100 of posts
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Nice pics ..... Especially the last one
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