Monday, September 19, 2005
Yumm... Chinese Food
After Ian’s tour the night before we decided to see Beacon Hill Park in the daylight. It is a large park that starts near downtown and ends by the water. There are many gardens, several duck ponds, a children’s petting zoo, a look out point and lots of green space. The section of park beside the water is a leash free area so Zaph got to enjoy chasing his ball here. He found some steps leading down to the beach and wanted me to throw his ball down the stairs – what some puppies will do to go for a swim (I didn’t fall for it). Since it was a beautiful day so we decided to drive up the coast to the town of Sidney. This is a cute small town with a large boat harbour about half an hour from Victoria. There were some very large, very expensive boats tied up at the dock, where I overheard some people talking about the trip they are planing on their boat — go up the coast of BC to Alaska and then head south to Mexico. Sounds very nice to me.
We had thought about going to Butchard Gardens but the cost was a bit scary— $22 a person. Thea had said that the gardens were nice especially if you could see them in the daylight and then after dark with the lights on them. Unfortunately, September 15 th. was the last day they were open at night. So we decided the cost was just too much if no evening show was included..
The Werners and the Agnews headed to Chinatown for dinner. After checking out all of the restaurants on the street we selected one. Colin and Margaret didn’t know what to order so Ed and I chose the dishes. Luckily, they liked what we picked. However we could not talk the Werners into using chop sticks, as they preferred North American eating tools.
At the end of beacon hill park is this marker, the real western terminus of the Trans Canada Highway
not far from the above mileage marker, is this totem pole, the tallest in BC, if you look closely you should see Frances and Zaph at the base
Beacon Hill park's gardens
Oh... Please can I go swiming? Water's edge in Beacon Hill park
We had thought about going to Butchard Gardens but the cost was a bit scary— $22 a person. Thea had said that the gardens were nice especially if you could see them in the daylight and then after dark with the lights on them. Unfortunately, September 15 th. was the last day they were open at night. So we decided the cost was just too much if no evening show was included..
The Werners and the Agnews headed to Chinatown for dinner. After checking out all of the restaurants on the street we selected one. Colin and Margaret didn’t know what to order so Ed and I chose the dishes. Luckily, they liked what we picked. However we could not talk the Werners into using chop sticks, as they preferred North American eating tools.
At the end of beacon hill park is this marker, the real western terminus of the Trans Canada Highway
not far from the above mileage marker, is this totem pole, the tallest in BC, if you look closely you should see Frances and Zaph at the base
Beacon Hill park's gardens
Oh... Please can I go swiming? Water's edge in Beacon Hill park
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