We spent three days in and around Victoria. It rained. And rained. And rained. But we didn't let it stop us. Besides counting the number of times that we heard locals say "eh", which was 154 by the way, we walked around downtown, visited the wharf, swam in the nicely heated pool, and made a couple of day trips to Butchart Gardens and Sooke, BC.
Lander and Jake feed Lucy, the semi-time sea lion at Fisherman's Wharf
Lander played an 1879 Steinway piano while we toured Craigdarroch Castle, the castle that isn't really a castle at all, just a very large
(and very cool) old mansion build in the Victorian era
(no pun intended).
Josh and Dixie escaped from the kids for a little date and enjoyed the Victoria Parliament building as we walked around downtown.
Jake turned into - gasp - a teenager. Happy 13th birthday, buddy!
We all liked walking around Fisherman's Wharf. Jake and Lander stand in front of some crabbing boats.
Speaking of crabs, Jake has been asking for them ever since our 2006 trip to Santa Cruz, California. So we shelled out some serious cash and enjoyed a birthday dinner of
(way too expensive thanks to Chinese demand) dungeness crabs, raw oysters
(blech...so disappointing!) and fish tacos. Josh ate left-overs.
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