Canada Day!

Hullo!! I know, I know... it's a bit late for Canada Day but we are behind in our postings...

We went down to the waterfront because... there is something special to see down there. And it's not little tugboats...

Do you see it!!! It's one of the ships from Canada's Navy.

And... they are giving tours!!!

And it's not just any ship you know... wait for it...

Just over there... we have to wait for people to move over...

It's the HMCS Nanaimo!!!!! In Nanaimo! Isn't that cool!!??

I think it's cool. And the ship is being moved to the East Coast after this... so isn't not an opportunity to miss. Not many towns/cities get to have their ship in port for Canada Day!

Pretty flags...

FYI... we have never seen as many Canadian flags flying off of houses and fences and flag poles as we have this year...

This is the third ship bearing the name HMCS Nanaimo... one of them fought in WW2...

We had a poke around the upper deck (the part they let us wander around on)... there's a radiation hazard here... interesting...

And a big container of lifejackets... just in case...

This is the morse code flasher thingie!

And there's a panel of controls here... we didn't touch anything...

And a telescope thingie...

Yep... it makes things look really big!! We can see people walking waaaaayyyyy over there!

This thing behind me...

It's one of two machine guns (we think)...

It's cool up here! And yes... you may be wondering... where the heck is Navy Beanie??? Good question... hopefully not stowing away!

Ooooh... this is the compass thingie... the binnacle?

It's beary pretty today... 

Alright, time to disembark and go find some Canada Day celebrations!

Ah, here we go!!! There was a long line for the selfie station!

I'm never quit sure why they don't invite the RCMP (Bears Division) to serve at these events...

There were tonnes of stalls and food trucks and music and beer gardens and stuff!

And Canadian flags being given away!!!

This little bear is pooped!!