Seattle Summer 2009: Day 2

My mom had asked me what I wanted to do on this trip, and I told her I wanted to visit Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

So we hopped on a ferry and away we went. To Sidney actually (which was also a main city on Vancouver Island), and then the bus to Victoria.

How cute? Waiting in the terminal.

Fake smile.

On the way over, we looked for whales (damn whales were not cooperative) and played cards. Casino to be exact. I don't know if it's my mother's luck or skill that has her winning like 99% of the time. My dad and I were evenly matched, I'd say.

Ferry's Name - Chelan

Outside searching for whales.

But all we saw was water.

The weather was a little cooler (70s), but with a nice coat I was fine. We got to Canada a bit later. Yeah!

It's official.

And took a bus to Victoria. We saw a lot of Canada that day.

Victoria was beautiful - there were flowers everywhere. Such a nice place to walk around and spend the afternoon.

Hydrangeas

Port.

Ended up going to lunch at the top of this place - was very good. And had sand volleyball courts. If they weren't too busy, my dad and I would have played.

Hmm.

Got nachos.

Then we walked around and explored. We were good at that. Ended up finding some interesting shops (tea!) and Victoria landmarks.

Totem Pole

Whose nose was bigger. Ha.

Murchies Tea Shop

And then we went back. I was very proud of us because we had navigate the scary bus system (not really scary, but we were in a big city). And we got dropped off in a different location that we left at. Yikes. We were fine though!

And look at what greeted us on the way home.

Mount Baker.

After a simple dinner, we went to my parent's favorite place to watch the sunset (at like 9:45 pm, mind you).

I believe I took quite a nice picture.