Konnie and I left Seattle on August 27 after some recreation and work, including an evening with former Steamboat neighbors Mark and Bonnie Porter, for Victoria British Columbia.  We traveled via the Victoria Clipper (clippervacations.com), a pleasant two hour and 45 minutes sea voyage, with old travel friends Dave and Lisa Wangsness from the north Georgia mountains.

Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is a lovely city and our mistake on this trip was not allowing enough time.  But then, we really didn’t have any more time with my having to prepare for work, our getting the house in Steamboat Springs ready for a bogus renter, my going to Indiana over Labor Day weekend and our upcoming departure for an 18 day trip to Europe.  So the Secret is that two full days is not nearly enough time for Victoria.  She needs more.

We toured the downtown, stayed at the Hotel Grand Pacific (hotelgrandpacific.com), visited the Royal BC Museum (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca), and dined at (in the order of how much I like them) 10 Acres, Catalano and The Black Olive.

We liked beautiful Victoria very much and will try to get back there soon.  Especially to see  The Butchart Gardens in a different season.  Butchart will receive its own post coming next.