Oh, man. The wind
howled and the waves rolled until around 3 or 4 in the morning. We didn’t get much sleep. Then, suddenly, everything stopped and we both
managed to doze off.
When we woke, the water was still pretty calm. We started second guessing our plan – should
we just head out in the Elsa? Is the
wind going to pick up again as soon as we enter the Strait? What if it’s okay today, but then turns nasty
again when we want to come back this way tomorrow?
Over coffee we decided to stick with the plan to bus into
Victoria and were glad we did. We went
through a lovely neighborhood of big mansions and yards, and speculated this
must by where Victoria’s wealthy live.
And in about 20 minutes, we were dropped off right in the heart of
downtown.
Not much to write about, but we wandered around, looked at the dock where we would have stayed (plenty of room!), had lunch at the Reef (our favorite restaurant from last time we were here), and took some photos:
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| It says: "Welcome to Victoria" |
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| Empress Hotel |
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| Flowers! |
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| Flowers everywhere in this city |
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| Parliament Building |
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| Dome inside the Parliament Building |
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| Water Taxi! |
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By late afternoon we’d had enough and hopped back on the bus, getting back to the boat in time for dinner. It was blowing, but didn’t seem as strong as yesterday. Little did we know that that would change. At least it was calm when we went to bed.
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