Roads are clear. Time for a drive into Victoria and a walk along the Songhees waterfront area with a lunch stop along the way. Seven of us did about 8 to 9 Km today. Map and photos below. -- DeNNis.
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| Parked the cars at Bamfield Park off Craigflower Rd (top - near center) and did a large counter-clockwise loop as shown. Not too much in photo-ops until we got to West Bay Marina (bottom left). |
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West Bay Marina has expanded a lot since we last were there.
It now goes from where the old Work Point Barracks gate was
to where Head St starts up the hill.
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| The "facilities" at the end of West Bay Marina. |
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| Lots of floating homes. |
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| A heron sitting in the tree ignoring all the commotion below. |
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| A very busy harbor. Float planes coming and going -- |
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| The foot-passenger ferry from Seattle -- |
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| And the Coho heading for Port Angeles, Washington. |
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| The figure on the right on this little island is shown below. |
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| An Inukshuk. |
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| No, we did not stop at Spinnakers Brew Pub. |
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| A couple of otters entertained along the walk way. |
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| Until they got bored. |
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| Lots to see along the walk -- |
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| Each group minding their own business. |
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| The new bridge with lots of space for whatever. |
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| Sculling races happening. |
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| Checking out the gearing of the new bridge. |
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| The little Harbour Ferry fleet. |
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| Making our way through Fan Tan Alley. |
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| At last -- the Fan Tan Café. |
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| Where a good lunch was enjoyed by all. |
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| The murals along Government St are very interesting. |
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| Spotted on top of a building. |
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| The Selkirk Trestle. |
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| Back at Bamfield Park -- these are welcome snow drops. |
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The playground is very quiet even on Family Day. Probably
something to do with the weather.
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