How far would you go for frags.. - Page 2

Lance · #11 01-29-2009, 04:51 AM

I brought a cooler full home from Red Coral in Calgary. (Thanks Kevin) Flew them home by West Jet to Comox and then on the ferry to Powell River.
PS. Christy, we would love to have you come visit us over here in PR. Walk on the ferry and I can pick you and others up and do the tour.

Lance · #12 01-29-2009, 05:31 AM

[quote=marie;381993]and Lance has a beer and wine store

Yeah, and Dave is a firefighter. He can resuscitate us after we drink too much.

Rbacchiega · #13 01-29-2009, 05:33 AM

sounds like I should be making a trip out to Powell River....

BlueAbyss · #14 01-29-2009, 06:20 AM

The closest 'LFS' to me, not including walmart, is in Saskatoon... about 5 hours away. Actually, scratch that there's one in Prince Albert, but they don't specialize in marine. I have bought fish and plants there when I did freshwater tanks.

So I guess I would drive 5 hours to Saskatoon for stuff. I could go to Winnipeg too, that's 8 hours. Not really a day trip or anything but the trip to the fish stores is always fun

whatcaneyedo · #15 01-29-2009, 07:04 AM

Twice a year for the past two I've driven from PG to Burnaby for some coral, salt and sand (all the stuff the stores wont ship for free) barely stopping to talk to any relatives. Its usually about 18 hours of driving before all is said and done.

kat · #16 01-29-2009, 01:59 PM

We don't have the luxury of LFS that carry coral of any kind other than leathers...so does a drive to the airport count?!! We bring our frags in from J&L, OA, OI...and pretty much anyone that will ship them!! Then we hang on to them for dear life!!

Lance · #17 01-29-2009, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by kat

We don't have the luxury of LFS that carry coral of any kind other than leathers...so does a drive to the airport count?!! We bring our frags in from J&L, OA, OI...and pretty much anyone that will ship them!! Then we hang on to them for dear life!!

Yeah, but we don't have Sidney Crosby.

Aquattro · #18 01-30-2009, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason McK

I guess I havn't gone too far, But I can remember getting a call at 5:00pm from Chowder wanting to head to Jamie Cross', thats about 3 hours round trip. and well worth it. He picked me up at 5:15

J

My point exactly, I went to Jamies' every oppurtunity I had

Matt · #19 01-30-2009, 04:06 AM

The question depends on whether there is a friendly reef visit at the end. I've gone to Calgary & back...

Keri · #20 01-30-2009, 06:49 AM

Living in Sechelt, it's a 30 min drive to the ferry, a 40 min (and 50-something-dollar) ferry ride to horseshoe bay and then....however long it takes to go where we're going. Drew loooves driving me to all the LFS and as far as Ladner and Abby for frags (please note the heavy sarcasm)

It's definatley an all day trip.
We usually go to "town" once or twice a month, and we do other things than visit fish stores....sometimes.

I think it's a pretty fair ways to go, but I enjoy it.