For some reason I’ve had “blogger’s block” and been completely unable to write anything about our trip to Victoria, so I’m turning this one over to Dave.
Our second morning in Port Angeles, we got up early and walked a couple of blocks to the ferry terminal, where we boarded the Coho Ferry to cross the Strait of Juan De Fuca to Victoria B.C.
After the 90 minute crossing we arrived in the Victoria inner harbor to the city’s signature Empress Hotel
and the Parliament Building.
We took a tour bus to the outskirts of the city and the Butchart Gardens. Millions of flowers and only two hours in the garden severely limited Linda’s attempt to get up close and personal with every flower.
While Linda took pictures of flowers, I took a walk to the famous sunken garden that was originally a lime quarry.
We returned to the city for lunch and toured the inner harbor in a water taxi.
While on the taxi, we shared the harbor with the numerous float planes that make use of the harbor airport.
As the day ended, we again boarded the Coho Ferry to return to Port Angeles. As we left the harbor, the sun came out and shone on the Empress Hotel as if to bid us farewell and invite us to return.
From Port Townsend, you can take a ferry to Keystone on the southwest side of Whidbey Island. The skies cleared about Sequim and so the cameras were back out on the ferry. The first picture was like a flash back in time.
There on the bay in Port Townsend was a catamaran exactly like our old one. Same color hull, same color tramp, and same color sails. It brought back some sweet memories.
You can see the Admiralty Head Lighthouse as you come into Keystone. They're still working on it, but it will be one of the largest and most striking in the state of Washington when it's done.
