Taylor planned an impressive trip to Victoria as a get-away for our little family. We stayed at a cute little hotel near a small seaport and had a great time at the Bug Zoo, Butterfly Gardens, and Shaw Aquarium. We also took a leisurely bike ride on a trail in Sidney.
We started our trip by driving to small town Point Roberts to check it out and find a little lunch. Then we caught a ferry from Vancouver BC to Sidney.
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| Ferry ride from Vancouver, BC to Sydney, BC |
Butterfly Gardens:
The Bug Zoo:
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| This is an amazing leaf ant farm. We all loved learning about their organized social network with soldiers, workers, garbage cans and graveyards. |
Nelli and I held bugs... so crazy! Vi kept making funny faces that day. I think she liked the bugs :)
The Shaw Aquarium:
Other pictures from Vancouver Island:
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| The Parliament building in Victoria |
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| There are a lot of totem poles in this First Nation history rich island |
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| A really yummy hot dog restaurant that had amazing root beer! |
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| The port near our hotel in Victoria |
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| Sydney, just outside the Shaw Aquarium |
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| Vi's dinner on the go. |
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| A view from Vancouver Island |
On the way home we took a ferry from Sydney to Anacortes,WA, Taylor's home town. Then went on a bike ride on the Washington Park trail (the trail Taylor put markers on for his eagle project more than ten years ago). It was a beautiful ride and some of the markers were still along the trail. Also, we got our first flat tire on the bike trailer during the ride. Thankfully Tay had his CO2 cartage handy.
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| Had to get a pic by "the tree" so it can continue in Southwick history. |
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