Oh Canada!

Back from a wonderful trip to Canada!! It was a lot of fun to explore a new city, and a new country for that matter. The last time I was in Canada I was seven years old - people up here are shocked when they hear that, but hey, I'm from Texas - it's a little bit harder to get to Canada from all the way down there, eh!

Day one: We took a ferry from the mainland of Canada to Vancouver Island, and drove to Victoria once on the island. We explored the capitol building, walked around downtown, and relaxed in the hotel spa. We enjoyed dinner at a small pub overlooking the water - I had fish and chips - yummy!!







Day Two: We went to the British Royal Museum (totally cool - I got lots of cool ideas for teaching my Girl Scout troops about the natural history of the earth - can't wait!!). We went to the Butchart Gardens next - AMAZING!! I was in awe of all the beautiful flowers and colors. It was gorgeous!! We ended the day with dinner at the Spaghetti Factory - delicious!!







Day Three: We got on the early ferry to the Olympic Peninsula and explored Olympic National Park for the afternoon. We had a delicious lunch at a roadside restaurant - It was amazing...possibly worth a ferry ride back to the peninsula soon :) We returned home last night exhausted from a fun, jam-packed weekend!!





Full albums from the trip are on my facebook page...if you're interested...but beware - LOTS of flower pictures...I was really impressed...