Still blogging the past. We had no internet access at the B&B other than a laptop in the parlor.
We ran across this little fellow on the grounds of the Government House gardens, just a couple of blocks from the B&B. We slept in, had a late breakfast at the B&B, then strolled over to these gardens.
From there it was off to do some whale watching. We picked the Orca Spirit folks out of the recommendations at Prior House. We rode out on the top deck of the "closed boat" (i.e., not a Zodiac raft). The boat went out from the Inner Harbour area of Victoria. While waiting to board we had a walk along the seawall and watched the float planes come and go.
We saw a humpback diving. Didn't manage to get any decent pics of it. Then a "transient orca" followed by one of the three pods of resident orcas. None of them were breaching but one did seem to have the "Shamu roll on your side and wave" move going on. I was using the Panasonic digital cam with 12x optical zoom set in burst mode to try to get some shots of the beasts. Had to balance zoom level with my ability to locate the whales while on a rocking boat. So my best pic, in this post, isn't anything to write home about. 
I can probably crop it down a bit. Or just swipe some images from the Orca Spirit site and claim them as my own. :)
Whale watching tour was a good three hours. After that we went back for tea (and a bunch of sweets) at the B&B.
Finished up the night with a late dinner at the Blue Crab. I tried out some overly sweet special martini... won't do that again. Martini good, martini with blue curacao and some other sweet liquer bad. We had a nice half-liter of Grey Monk Pinot Gris with the meal and I had a killer chocolate dessert.
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