I slept like a baby
– but alas once again Steve did not. Poor boy, he's really looking
his age +10yrs. He will need a holiday from this holiday – or a
holiday from me – all my excitement is killing him! Lol
We had a lovely
breakfast once again. Val made home made chocolate chip muffins!!
Steve had to share his with Rusty (he's such a push over with dogs).
Lots of wonderful
conversation with Bill & Val made our morning disappear very
quickly. We went outside into the gardens so I could photograph the
Manor again, and Steve took photos of Rusty. I ran around saying
good-bye to all the animals – the miniature horses and all of the
chickens, and Gypsy the cat.
Quite sad to say
good-bye, but Bill and I are going to be friends on Facebook! :)
We found ourselves
at the Ferry Terminal hoping to catch the 1pm ferry, but alas it was
full, so we are waiting in a queue for the 2pm ferry. Steve has
booked us a night at “The Met” in New Westminster Vancouver,
which is only a few blocks from our new friends Elisa & Brad who
we are having dinner with tonight!
The ferry crossing
was just lovely from Victoria. Lots of little islands and the
scenery was just spectacular. No whales to be seen, but I spied 2
dolphins. They looked so tiny compared to yesterday's Orca's and
Steve saw a Sea-Lion & took a sensational photo of a seagull.
We spent a bit of time talking to a lovely lady from Lancashire in
the UK – her son works for Getty Images – I should have gotten
his phone number! Lol
The waterways are so
calm – all due to the many islands that shelter the water. You get
patches of water that is like mirror its so calm. We know why
people are out on their canoe's all the time – and Stand Up Paddle
Boards – you'd be crazy if you didn't get out amongst it.
The weather is
looking very bad now – very dark and the rain is closing in.
Tomorrow is going to be very wet, so I am not sure we'll be seeing
any squirrels in Stanley Park if its raining.
Can't believe we are
leaving tomorrow. 5 weeks has FLOWN by. I like this “holidaying”
thing – we will definitely be doing more of it (bugger the new
kitchen)! Where to next is the question – Chile (Patagonia),
Iceland, Norway, New Zealand – so many beautiful countries to visit
– so little annual leave allowed! LOL
We got to our hotel
“The Met” - we re-packed our suitcases. No tears, although some
frustration as to why things wont go back in to the suitcase like
they did on the way over. There will be tears in the morning I am
sure when we have no choice but to do those zippers up!
We caught up with
Brad and Elise for dinner who we spent the OOAK trip with! Was so
great to see them again and reminisce about the good ole days of 8
days ago! Lol Such wonderful people and such a shame we live so far
away – thank goodness for Facebook. I am sure we'll see each other
again as we will be back to Canada!
Good night Vancouver
– its been grand…. As the train blows his horn as he is driving
by (Steve is somewhat unimpressed by that noise at 11pm at night….and
1am...and 5am….etc!) LOL
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