{"id":23341,"date":"2010-04-13T19:33:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T02:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=5841"},"modified":"2016-09-14T20:29:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T17:29:29","slug":"chemainus-town-of-murals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemainus: Town of Murals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My neighbour has given me permission to refer to her as Mrs. H in the blog, so I shall be doing that from now on. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Our next stop was about an hour north of Victoria and definitely off the beaten path. It was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chemainus.com\/\">Chemainus<\/a>, the town of murals.<\/p>\n<p>This is a town that was apparently brought back from the brink and is now a bustling community with all the services within easy walking distance. I think it could be a potential for a &#8216;forever home&#8217; for me should I ever get to the point of wanting to find one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5843\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0009-16\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5843\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5843\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5843\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG00091-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"downtown Chemainus\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">downtown Chemainus<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5844\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0010-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5844\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5844\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5844\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0010-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Chemainus theatre\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chemainus theatre<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0011-16\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5845\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5845\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0011-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0011\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0012-14\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5846\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5846\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0012\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0013-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5847\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5847\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0013\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0014-13\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5848\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5848\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0014\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0015-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5849\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5849\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0015\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0016-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5850\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5850\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0016-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0016\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0017-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5851\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5851\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0017-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0017\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5852\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0018-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5852\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5852\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5852\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0018-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"both Mrs. H. and I thought these trees looked like sinister people!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">both Mrs. H. and I thought these trees looked like sinister people!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0019-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5853\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5853\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0019\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0020-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5854\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5854\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0020-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0020\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0021-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5855\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0021-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0021\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0022-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5856\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5856\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0022-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0022\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0023-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5857\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5857\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0023-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0023\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0024-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5858\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5858\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0024-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0024\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0025-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5859\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5859\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0025-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0025\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0026-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5860\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5860\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0026-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0026\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0027-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5861\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5861\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0027\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0028-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5862\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5862\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0028-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0028\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0029-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5863\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5863\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0029-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0029\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0030-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5864\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5864\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0030-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0030\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0031-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5865\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5865\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0031-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0031\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0032-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5866\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5866\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0032-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0032\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0033-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5867\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5867\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0033-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0033\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5868\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0034-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5868\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5868\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5868\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0034-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"a shameful moment in our history\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">a shameful moment in our history<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5869\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0035-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5869\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5869\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5869\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0035-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Croft street!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Croft street!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0036-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5870\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5870\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0036-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0036\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0037-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5871\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5871\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0037-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0037\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0038-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5872\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5872\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0038-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0038\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0039-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5873\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5873\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0039-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0039\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0041-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5874\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5874\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0041-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0041\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0042-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5875\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5875\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0042-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0042\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/chemainus-town-of-murals\/cimg0043-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5876\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5876\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/CIMG0043-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CIMG0043\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We walked around for a spell and saw the majority of the murals, went back to the car, and drove to the waterwheel park for a picnic lunch.<\/p>\n<p>The road into Chemainus was sinewy and narrow, but okay for RV travel and the town has easy to follow directions to dedicated RV parking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My neighbour has given me permission to refer to her as Mrs. H in the blog, so I shall be doing that from now on. \ud83d\ude42 Our next stop was about an hour north of Victoria and definitely off the beaten path. It was Chemainus, the town of murals. This is a town that was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1442,1085,632,1098,635,5,3,1416],"tags":[796,707,779],"class_list":["post-23341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britishcolumbia","category-campbell-river-vancouver-island-bc-canada-travel-bc-canada-travel","category-canada","category-chemainus-vancouver-island-bc-canada-travel","category-north-america","category-rving","category-travel","category-victoria-vancouver-island-bc-canada-travel","tag-city-tours","tag-statuesmonuments","tag-theatres"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}