P&M Inc.: Victoria BC - 25 Years Later

Here are some shots that you may (or may not) find interesting from our short trip to Victoria. Below is the bridge and forward compartment of the Kingston Ferry (which is just exactly like the COHO Ferry to Victoria, and all of the other ferries in those waters for that matter), then the view coming into the Victoria Harbor

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Mom wanted a picture of a sign or something the said "Victoria Harbor", but there wasn't anything like that, so I took this picture of the "Welcome to Victoria" hedges down by the harbor. It was early morning and the light wasn't very good yet.

Mom always does a great job or booking our hotels when we go places, and this was no exception. We expected to have a view of other hotels around us, but were pleasantly surprised with a view of the harbor. (One photo during the day and one at night.) Mom was thrilled!

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Here you see Mom on the ferry as we're leaving (with the hotel in the background). The rooms included free breakfast (here's Mom enjoying the second day's repast). It was pretty good food - but awful slow service. I think they attend to the paying customers first...

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There were lots of fun sights (and sites) to see. On the left is the Parliament building all lit up, and on the right is the Empress Hotel, where you can have "high tea" for a mere $80 per person. The funny story here is that 30 years ago when I first took the YCHS Band to Victoria for the Queen's Birthday Parade, Mom and I went into the Empress just to see what it looked like inside. When we got in, we found ourselves in the main dining room. I think everyone in the room turned and stared at us. Funny now - not so much then.

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One of the big events of the day was visiting the BC Museum. On the left is the Woolley Mammoth (which made sounds and everything), on the right is Mom and me in the museum gift shop.

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Did I tell you it rained nearly the whole time we were there? Well, we got soaked walking around seeing things like the harbor and auspicious looking buildings, but we had lots of fun. We walked across the drawbridge, "up street and down alley" (and if you know what musical that last reference came from, you have my respect because it's probably my favorite one).

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So we were walking past this place called the Market Square, and I saw this incredible yellow bicycle. I mean it was YELLOW! Turns out it was an advertisement for a little hole-in-the-wall eatery called "wannawaffle." We had already eaten, so we didn't stop - but that bike, man!