After spending 3 months at Salmon Point, near Campbell River, it was time to move on. We headed towards Victoria, and spent a couple of weeks near the Malahat mountain on the Island. Very nice, woodsy campground.
We drove in one day and toured around downtown Victoria. Walked around the harbour, past the parliament buildings; and past the Empress Hotel. We then met our new friend Barb, for dinner; and then she toured us around Victoria for a couple of hours by car. It was a nice way to see a new city.
For the August 1st long weekend; we moved into Victoria. The park wasn't the greatest, jammed in like sardines, and close to the Trans Canada; but it was only for the weekend.
B.C. is celebrating it's 150th birthday this year; and there were lots of activities downtown Victoria for the whole weekend. On Saturday, we spent the afternoon wandering around Fisherman's Wharf. It's pretty neat to walk around. There are lots of houseboats moored to the docks; they are real houses, but look like doll houses, everything pared down. Also very expensive. We then had a fish dinner at Barb's fish restaurant - very tasy; and shared our table with a couple of locals.
We then headed to where the cruise ships come in; and got out on the pier just in time to see a cruise ship docking. It was amazing watching something so huge, manuever with grace, right up to the dock. A few minutes later another one came in; and again parked with ease. I think sometimes I have a harder time parking the F-350!
The next day we went back to the downtown core; and were among 40,000 plus people! All out celebrating B.C.'s birthday. The 19th annual symphony splash was happening this year, among many other activities. There's a symphony orchestra set up on a stage in the inner harbour. And they played lots of different accompanyments. There were 10's of thousands of people sitting on the front lawn of the parliament buildings; and 1000's in front of the Empress.
We found a place to park our chairs; and listen to the music and watch people. We were also entertained by a marching scottish band; between the symphony intermission. The finale for the night was fireworks; cannons; and bells chiming. It was quite the day. We normally avoid big crowds, but it was neat being in a capital city for such a big celebration. Normally we would have been in Victoria park in downtown London Ontario, for ribfest, but this was way neater!
Take a look at the pictures
We drove in one day and toured around downtown Victoria. Walked around the harbour, past the parliament buildings; and past the Empress Hotel. We then met our new friend Barb, for dinner; and then she toured us around Victoria for a couple of hours by car. It was a nice way to see a new city.
For the August 1st long weekend; we moved into Victoria. The park wasn't the greatest, jammed in like sardines, and close to the Trans Canada; but it was only for the weekend.
B.C. is celebrating it's 150th birthday this year; and there were lots of activities downtown Victoria for the whole weekend. On Saturday, we spent the afternoon wandering around Fisherman's Wharf. It's pretty neat to walk around. There are lots of houseboats moored to the docks; they are real houses, but look like doll houses, everything pared down. Also very expensive. We then had a fish dinner at Barb's fish restaurant - very tasy; and shared our table with a couple of locals.
We then headed to where the cruise ships come in; and got out on the pier just in time to see a cruise ship docking. It was amazing watching something so huge, manuever with grace, right up to the dock. A few minutes later another one came in; and again parked with ease. I think sometimes I have a harder time parking the F-350!
The next day we went back to the downtown core; and were among 40,000 plus people! All out celebrating B.C.'s birthday. The 19th annual symphony splash was happening this year, among many other activities. There's a symphony orchestra set up on a stage in the inner harbour. And they played lots of different accompanyments. There were 10's of thousands of people sitting on the front lawn of the parliament buildings; and 1000's in front of the Empress.
We found a place to park our chairs; and listen to the music and watch people. We were also entertained by a marching scottish band; between the symphony intermission. The finale for the night was fireworks; cannons; and bells chiming. It was quite the day. We normally avoid big crowds, but it was neat being in a capital city for such a big celebration. Normally we would have been in Victoria park in downtown London Ontario, for ribfest, but this was way neater!
Take a look at the pictures
1 comment:
WOW! U guys actually got nice weather , Lucky! Looks beautiful guys, hope your having a wonderful time, Where are you off to next?
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