Vancouver Nights

We tend to think of Victoria and Vancouver, like they were Barrie and Toronto. Like Vancouver is just the big city down the road, but it's actually a hassle to get to Van. You have to show up early to get on the ferry, and the ferry is a long drive from downtown on both sides. Sometimes the ferry can be fun, but we were on a older ferry coming home on Sunday and it was ghetto.

We went to over To Vancouver on Saturday to see Tan before he moves back to Ontario, and go out for St. Patrick's Day.

Happy Tan.

Brenda knocks one back.

Cam is the greenest!

Somehow we ended up taking home a cake.

We were also in Vancouver in November for Brenda's professional certification exam. Brenda nailed the test and we drank some beers! A lot of beers.

Good times.

Don't mess with these guys!

Brenda, Cam, Tan and Kristi.

We're not sure when we'll be back in Vancouver, but we've got a lot of things planned for April so hopefully we'll get back to posting on a regular basis. We're going surfing!

Cherry Blossoms

We haven't been up to much adventuring lately. We have been busy with things like starting new jobs, going to school and paying for car repairs. So here is a peak at some of what we have right here in Victoria.

Brenda under a tree on Wildwood Ave.

These tree blossoms are everywhere right now. Some are white, some are pink, and some of our streets are lined with them and can be quite spectacular.

Another 'White' blossom on Wildwood.

Container ship heading through the Strait of Juan De Fuca.

You can frequently see these big ships coming through. This is looking south towards the Olympic mountains from Dallas Rd.

Not a native bird.

We met this guy in Beacon Hill Park. He's a resident of the petting zoo, which hasn't yet opened for the season. Peacock isn't high on our list of things we'd like to pet.

Mmmmmmm . . . dinner.

You might want to take a closer look at this one. The red arrow is pointing to a bald eagle. It is eating a freshly caught seagull, and leaving a mess of feathers on the ground below. We'll leave you with some more trees of Beacon Hill Park below.

They sure have some crazy trees out here.

Brenda with a 'Pink' blossom in the park.

Cam in a tree.