Butchart GardensOn Sunday we drove up to the Butchart Gardens. Massive gardens, 150 acres of converted limestone quarry and surrounding land. Not so much my thing but still pretty amazing amount of flowers.
Later that afternoon we toured thru Craigdaroch "Castle", a mansion built by a 19th century robber baron.
For dinner we drove to Sooke to the Sooke Harbour House on Whiffen Spit Road (love the name). Travel and Leisure rated the Sooke Harbour House #2 on their 100 best hotels in the U.S. and Canada last year. We got the single best table in the restaurant! There are two rooms, a larger and smaller one. We were in the smaller room, total of maybe 5 tables. Our table was in the corner with two sides facing out to the inlet and our backs to the room. It was like being in a little private dining room. The service was impeccable and the food was incredible!
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Yep. Dee and I spent nearly a full day in the B.Gardens, and we spent the night in Sooke. If you have time, go to the extreme NW end of the island -- get on the Trans-Canada Highway and go north through Duncan and Nanaimo, and go west at Parksville, through Port Alberni to Tofino. Watch for bears crossing to the Pacific side.
Tofino is the northern-most "city" on the Pacific side of the Island -- great place to go whale-watching. We spent three days there, enjoying the solitude. Apparently not many people drive in -- the road is often closed -- but there is pretty lively seaplane traffic -- scheduled twice daily. Or was, back in "the day".
Hmmm... Can't edit a post, huh?
I meant to add that it looks like you and Alice are sitting in the very table where Dee and I dined. We got in pretty late, so we couldn't enjoy the view until we came back for breakfast. That night I drove north, along the coast, and found a beach that I could drive out on -- remember, Dee and I were traveling in a Toyota Chinook -- we often spent our nights on the beach. Had to watch the tides, however.
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