Saturday morning we woke up early to the ship really rocking and
rolling. It was rather interesting watching the crew and passengers
trying to move about the boat. Apparently higher then expected surf came
our way and things were thrown around the ship. The stores were closed
for most of the day while they cleaned up the mess. Dishes in the buffet
restaurant were thrown onto the floor, so when we got there they were
handing them out of big tubs. Potted plants were toppled and rolling
around. Even the pool areas (outside and in the spa) were emptied due to
the water in them being sloshed out. The pools remained closed the rest
of the trip. But by afternoon the surf subsided and the ship was back
to being calm.
Saturday was also Victoria, B.C day. Greater Victoria is the 15th
largest metropolitan in Canada with a population of over 330,000. It
reminds me of a little english town. We were only here from 6pm-11:30pm.
Ken took off on the shuttle and walked around the downtown area by
himself. David and Jane walked around the area from the ship. Carolyn
and Joe hung out at the ship, again. Carol and I did the ship excursion
to Butchard's Gardens.
Butchard's Gardens is a National Historic Site of Canada, but still
privately owned by family descendants. It has 55 acres of beautifully
landscaped gardens. We didn't have much daylight hours there, but it is
also lit up at night. We did race around the whole park quickly trying
to see as much as we could before dark. It's as beautiful as I
remembered. I have been there before, but am a sucker for gardens. Here
is the famous sunken garden.
It was even beautiful at night. Here is the entrance to the Japanese Gardens.
Included in this tour was also a fireworks show at the gardens. It was a
little odd compared to our US fireworks shows, but still interesting.
Considering how large the crowd was at the gardens, it cleared out
pretty quickly after the fireworks.
Here we were greeted by this statue as we got back to our ship.
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