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| On our first ferry, to Victoria, we saw a sailboat that had floundered on a reef, being salvaged by a crane.
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This group from Houston was going to bike around Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. They all had amazing little packable bikes, both tandems and triples.
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| The Beacon Hill Bed and Breakfast is where we stayed in Victoria. Friendly owner, lots of antiques.
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| The Empress Hotel, a landmark in towntown Victoria.
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The inner harbor, looking over to the parliment.
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| The breakfast room at the bed and breakfast. This is how I imagine people lived in Victorian times, in houses packed with delicate knick-knacks.
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The bed and breakfast was full of antiques. This chair would be a good one to reproduce in miniature.
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| Leaves of the Garry Oak tree, native to the area. The leaves seemed less chewed up by insects on the Gulf Islands.
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Jumping rope with a strand of bull kelp.
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| There was supposed to be a geocache here. We had no luck in finding it, though.
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Seals at the Oak Harbor marina. They were very interested when I pretended to have some fish in my hand for them.
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| A cloud that looks like it has a rainbow painted across it.
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A sidewalk artist drawing his subject. They seemed pretty reasonable - $20 CDN for a decent looking portrait.
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| This portrait reminded me of my friend Victoria
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What a waste of time and energy. This woman had just finished sorting out a bag of garbage at a craft festival, fishing out the plastic bottles from the rest of the trash. I imagine the bottles were probably worth about a tenth of a penny.
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| We walked around the harbor looking at some of the very impressive boats docked there.
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This one had it's own helicopter.
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| More street life
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| This guy did an act that combined skateboarding, and balancing with juggling torches. Unfortunately the torches had gone out before he got a chance to juggle them.
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An art deco era house.
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| Eric was very interested in the royal geneology charts at the museum
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Found this worm-eaten log on a beach on the way to Port Renfrew.
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| ...also this stone mosaic must have been made that same morning.
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and this cute little lady too!
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| Root of a fallen tree.
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Along the beach.
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