WE WERE VERY GLAD WE HAD PURCHASED OUR TICKETS THE DAY BEFORE, THIS WAS THE LINE TO BOARD THE FERRY....THE TICKET LINE WAS MUCH LONGER. WE LEFT RIGHT ON TIME.....8:15 A.M.
THE FERRY IS HUGE!!!
IT WAS COLD OUT ON THIS DECK, BUT INSIDE IT WAS WARM AND COMFORTABLE!!
SURE ENOUGH AFTER A NINETY MINUTE RIDE......LAND HO!!
EVEN FROM FAR AWAY IT LOOKED LIKE A BEAUTIFUL CITY!!!
BUTCHART GARDENS IS A POPULAR ATTRACTION. THERE ARE 55 ACRES OF GARDENS, BUT WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO SEE MORE THAN FLOWERS HERE.
SO, WE BOUGHT TICKETS TO RIDE THE HOP-ON HOP-OFF BUS.
THERE WERE 14 STOPS AND THE BUS DRIVER NARRATED. WE MADE SURE WE GOT A SEAT INDOORS....IT WAS COLD!!
AND WHEREVER YOU LOOKED FLOWER GARDENS.....THESE FLOWERS SPELLED OUT WELCOME TO VICTORIA. I CAN SEE WHY VICTORIA IS CALLED "CANADA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY AND THE "CITY OF GARDENS."
WE RODE THE WHOLE ROUTE AND BY THEN WE WERE HUNGRY, SO WE HAD LUNCH AT THE OLD SPAGHETTI FACTORY.....DELICIOUS!! THEN, IT WAS BACK ON THE BUS TO DO IT OVER AGAIN. WE HAD A DIFFERENT BUS DRIVER, SO WE LEARNED DIFFERENT STUFF ABOUT VICTORIA. WE GOT OUT AT ONE OF THE STOPS AND JUST WALKED FOR AWHILE. WE WERE SURPRISED TO SEE THEY STILL HAVE PAY TELEPHONES EVERYWHERE HERE.
YOU CAN HARDLY FIND A PAY PHONE IN THE U.S!!!
WE BOUGHT A FEW SOUVENIRS AND WALKED SOME MORE AND BY THEN WE WERE HUNGRY AGAIN!! WE SO WE STOPPED FOR DESSERT AND COFFEE.
WE PLANNED ON CATCHING THE 6:30 FERRY BACK TO PORT ANGELES. WE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO DO SOME MORE EXPLORING, SO WE TOOK OFF WALKING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND FOUND THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK.
THIS TREE WAS HUGE...AND PROBABLY VERY OLD!!!
AND THIS BEAUTIFUL OLD BRIDGE AND LAKE.......COMPLETE WITH DUCKS AND GEESE!
THEY WERE ALL HUNGRY....BUT WE HAD NOTHING FOR THEM!!
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL OLD PARK....BUT WE HAD TO GET GOING. WE WALKED BY THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING ON THE WAY BACK TO THE FERRY.
SO BRITISH LOOKING, I THOUGHT.
WE ASKED A NICE LADY TO TAKE OUR PICTURE.
AND THEN BACK ON THE FERRY......
I THOUGHT THIS WAS CUTE WHEN WE WALKED THROUGH TO BOARD THE FERRY.
BY THE TIME EVERYONE GOT ON BOARD AND WE STARTED LEAVING, IT WAS STARTING TO GET DARK......THE CITY IS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL IN THE EVENING.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL DAY!
WE GOT BACK TO THE RV AROUND 9:00, MAGGIE AND MARLEE WERE FINE, VERY GLAD TO SEE US.
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