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Happy Birthday Mr. Stringer!
Today is our friend David Stringer's birthday, so we all want to say Happy Birthday to You! Today is a beautiful day with sunny skies. We left Chemainus after the best hotel breakfast ever. I made 2 waffles. Mom had scrambled eggs and she said they were almost as fluffy as Dad's. In no time at all we were in Victoria and arrived at the Butchart …
Visiting Victoria, BC
We had heard that Vancouver Island and in particular Victoria, BC were lovely so thought that we would check it out for a couple of days. We also received a brochure entitled 'Wine Islands' so were excited about doing some wine tasting. Perhaps because we knew that we'd be missing out on the Tastes of Two Regions back home?!
The trip from …
Vancouver Island
7.30am! That's like get up and go to work time. Something we're definately not used to. As tough as it was though we had a ferry to catch. We left at 8.30am and made a pit stop for coffee in Abbotsford. We took Highway 99 to Tsawwassen in south Vancouver where our B.C ferry would leave at 11am. As we drove into the dock we passed a bald eagle sat …
I'm on the top of the world... in a Heli whoooooo!
... crashing into the pool at the base of the falls. Would be lovely for a swim in summer apart from the fact the water never gets above 4 degrees. Brrrrrr
Had a relaxing lunch in the forest being served by a Kiwi and an Aussie girl. There's a lot of us over here - we're everywhere! Worse than squirrels.
Drove along the Bow River Parkway again. More winding road closer to nature. I can see why the chances of seeing wildlife here are increased in fact ...
D5: More Surrounding Victoria -- of Waves & Whales
Going to Butchart Gardens and afterwards will have a Tea lunch just in time to get on a zodiac to go whale watching. Will be using SI's ginger candy for the bumpy ride. EA hope you're having fun on your trip too -- but you're missing out on this one too.
So Butchart Gardens, bottom line pricey for what they have as far as acreage of gardens -- but beautiful, nonetheless. Park maintenance personnel well informed about not just species ...