Blogger Jen Kossowan shares her top summer picks for adventure, and shares how her Toyota RAV4 Hybrid gets her there – for less!
Summertime is a great time for making memories with your friends and family. And one of the very best ways to do that is to travel and explore our amazing province. Blogger Jen Kossowan’s family adventures with her Toyota RAV4 Hybrid have been documented on her site mamapapabubba.com. She has had her Toyota RAV4 Hybrid for five years now and is still thrilled with her purchase!
“It’s reliable, comfortable, safe, and super peppy and fun to drive, all of which has contributed to it being one of Canada’s best-selling vehicles, I’m sure. To boot? The fuel economy is excellent. Since buying our RAV4 Hybrid, our fuel costs have gone down by more than 65%. (Seriously.)”
Here’s the scoop directly from Jen about where her RAV4 Hybrid will be taking her family this summer:
- Splash BC Water Wibit in Penticton: Wibits are essentially giant playgrounds on the water that include climbing walls, monkey bars, slides, trampolines, and obstacle courses. The one is Penticton is at the top of our list because it’s right off of the lakefront boardwalk lined with shops, including the cutest ever ice cream stop, Cherry on Top Shake Shop.
- Cultus Lake Waterpark and Adventure Park: A theme park filled with rides, an arcade, and mini golf plus BC’s largest waterpark right across the road from one another? Sounds like the things my kids’ dreams are made of! Apparently, there are really great vacation rentals nearby and I hear that the camping options are excellent too.
- Wild Play in Victoria: An outdoor adventure in the trees for the whole family? Yes please! Imagine platforms well above your head, ziplines through the trees, giant swings, suspended ladders, bridges, nets, tightropes, and obstacle courses all with the safety tethers and harnesses. The Victoria location is at the top of our list because we LOVE the island and haven’t visited Victoria in years, plus one of our very favourite family-friendly hotels, Hotel Zed, is just 10 minutes away.
- Granville Island and Olympic Village in Vancouver: This is one of our many favourite Vancouver adventures and we do it so often that I feel like we’ve got it down, so I’ll share exactly what we do. Park in Olympic Village, wander through Hinge Park and Habitat Island, along the water to Science World and the incredible playground in Creekside Park. If you have a membership, pop into Science World, let the kids explore for a little bit, then take an Aquabus over to Granville Island. There, wander around the public market, pick up some fresh fruit, bagels with cream cheese, and an iced coffee (always coffee) then walk along the boardwalk, in front of the Sea Village and all the way around to the playground and water park.
- Whistler Village: There’s no one main attraction we’d like to hit up per se, but I’d love to do all of the usual things… Ride the Peak 2 Peak Gondola, hike the Lost Lake Nature Trail while listening to the accompanying audio tour, do the village scavenger hunt put on by Whistler Tourism, find the infamous train wreck, and visit all of the restaurants and shops in the village.
“While all of these things cost money to visit, the good news is that getting there won’t cost us much. Our usual trip from the North Okanagan down to Vancouver costs only about $45 in fuel, which I really can’t complain about. If you’re in the market for a new family-friendly, affordable-to-drive vehicle, I can’t recommend the RAV4 Hybrid enough.”
Toyota’s long-standing record of comfort and reliability meets excellent fuel economy with their line of electrified vehicles. From the RAV4 and bZ4X to the Corolla – and even a Tundra – Toyota has a vehicle suitable for everyone’s family’s needs. Making memories in comfort and style and saving money? Find out more here.
