With the schools out for the summer, I started thinking about vacations. Looking back through pictures from our last few summers, I came across this shot...
During last summer’s trip to British Columbia, we hiked to China Beach on Vancouver Island one morning and were met by some fantastic fog banks rollling...
The ceiling of the British Columbia Legislature building in Victoria, Canada.
An inquisitive harbour seal keeping watch from the water at Fishermans Wharf in Victoria, British Columbia. Four of five of these seals live in the harbour...
A small group of these sandpipers were running up and down the waterline on French Beach near Victoria, British Columbia when we visited a couple of weeks...
The B.C. Legislature sits on the Inner Harbour in Victoria and houses the government of the province. The building, designed by 25 year old Francis Rattenbury...
Thanks to the cutest collection of water taxis you’ll find anywhere, getting around the inner and outer harbour areas of Victoria is very easy indeed....
Our most memorable day of hiking during the Vancouver Island trip was around the China Beach/Mystic Beach area where the trails take you from the forest...
We saw quite a few of these aircraft during our stay in Victoria, British Columbia recently. This is a De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Turbine Single Otter which...
Victoria harbour has the distinction of hosting the second highest daily number of float plane landings and take-offs in the world, beaten only by Anchorage,...
I had expected Victoria to be picturesque but I was taken aback by just how lovely the city and its famous waterfront is. I was also rather surprised at how compact...
The inner harbour waterfront in Victoria, B.C. is dominated by two buildings – the Fairmont Empress Hotel and this one, the British Columbia Legislature....
Today’s hiking was around the China Beach and Mystic Beach areas near Jordan River on Vancouver Island. We arrived at China Beach pretty early (by vacation...