Hullo! I went to Victoria!! It was a bit of a last-minute trip so don't ask me where the hotel photos are. Apparently the humans forgot to take pics! Seriously... Anyhow...
It still got my Starbucks hot chocolate so this little bear is happy!
We went for a walk at Beacon Hill Park...
Look at all the moss and lichen on these tree branches.
They look beary cool.
The ocean shore here is pretty cool too. Do you see way in the background...
Yep... them... they went swimming in the ocean!!! Brrrrrrrrr....
Somewhere out there is Washington State and the Olympic Peninusla. That is on my bucket list...
A beach walk is in order too...
Someone built a nifty bench out of driftwood... so we can just sit here and admire the view.
And then we have these stairs up to the walkway on topo of the bluffs.
The history of these concrete turret stairs is a bit mysterious...
The salmon mosaics are cool though!
Are these turrets from the war? Maybe... not sure!
And yes... I found some spring flowers!!!
Our next stop is this totem pole in Beacon Hill Park...
It's beary pretty...
And beary, beary tall... We need to back up a bit more...
There we go!!!
Am I in the picture still? Excellent!
It is the world's tallest (free-standing totem pole at 127 feet and 7 inches). It was dedicated on 2 July 1956... that's a beary long time ago!
There aren't actually any bears on this totem... but there is a seal, sea lion, whale, killer whale, sea otter, beaver, and several first men.
There are actually several "world's tallest totem poles" but it's a beary contentious title, apparently. There's one in
Alert Bay (near top of northern Vancouver Island) that is 173 feet tall but it is built from two sections of wood (163 ft and 10 ft) and seems to be held by cable wires... plus the top 10 feet got knocked off by a storm a few year's ago. There's also one in Kalama WA that is 140 feet tall but it wasn't carved by Indigenous artists... so it gets knocked off the list too... It's complex!
We then poked around the waterfront a bit and went for a beary long walk.
And found The Great Trail (aka... the Trans Canada Trail). It starts here in Victoria and a section follows the Galloping Goose Regional Trail (which follows an old rail line).
There is a LOT of traffic on this trail - lots of commuting cyclists and joggers and people with strollers.
The sun is going down and we are at the Selkirk Trestle which crosses one of the inlets here...
It's beary pretty... and the trail goes across the trestle which is kind of cool!
Sigh... I love sunsets!
It was nice to get away for a few days!
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Olympic Peninsula and Washington State on your bucket list??? You have to come down........I know all the spots. By the way, are those turrets from the war? Did you visit parliament while in The City of Gardens?
ReplyDeleteI bet you know all the spots. You'd be an excellent tour guide. Not sure if those turrets are from the war. We tried to look them up online but came up blank. No time to visit the provincial legislature... not this visit.
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