On the way to Victoria and Walking in Victoria

Today we slept in! We ate a leisurely breakfast. At 1 pm we went up to Club HAL to participate in the Family Photo Scavenger Hunt. We had 30 minutes to take as many pictures from the list as we could. We came in “2nd runner up” and received a Holland America reusable camera – with film that expired 3/2008. We’ll see how that comes out!

Meighan took a nap and I packed and we arrived in Victoria, British Columbia, about 6 pm. I wasn’t planning to get off the ship but because I was well along in packing, we decided to go ashore. We were going to take a taxi but we needed a bigger vehicle because of Meighan and the fact that they have a seat belt law. Also it was kind of expensive. We decided to walk and see what we could see.

We ended up following the map to Victoria’s Fisherman’s Wharf area. It was evening so most businesses were closed but there are all kinds of house boats of all sizes and shapes there! And we also saw cute little water taxis stop in the area where we were. They were the cutest things!

We moseyed through there a little bit and then made our way back to the ship. My throat was starting to feel scratchy. Not a good thing. We got our 3 bags packed and locked up and put outside our room well before the deadline of 1 a.m.