Several weeks ago Leanne called to let me know that the Tall Ships were going to be in Victoria, British Columbia, the same weekend we were going to be in Sequim. How cool was that!
Today all 6 of us were up early, early, early. We left L&T’s a 7am. YAWN!! As planned, we arrived early for the 8:10am Victoria ferry. We were delighted when they decided to send us on at 7:40am. Since they were expecting a large number of passengers, they decided to send two ferries.
After we went through Customs Ray bought tickets for the Tall
Ships. We decided to split up since Leanne’s toe was really bothering her. L&T went for coffee and Danishes. The 4 Rowleys headed for the ships. The lines were forming quickly and getting long fast. We jumped in line, oops, sorry, in queue (we are in Canada now, you know) to see the Kaisei, a smaller ship. Next we got in queue for 3 
ships, Zodiac, Pacific Grace, and Pacific Swift . Only the Zodiac wasn’t open yet. They had some troubles with the water height in the bay. They had to completely build stairs for a couple so you could get in.
Today all 6 of us were up early, early, early. We left L&T’s a 7am. YAWN!! As planned, we arrived early for the 8:10am Victoria ferry. We were delighted when they decided to send us on at 7:40am. Since they were expecting a large number of passengers, they decided to send two ferries.After we went through Customs Ray bought tickets for the Tall
Ships. We decided to split up since Leanne’s toe was really bothering her. L&T went for coffee and Danishes. The 4 Rowleys headed for the ships. The lines were forming quickly and getting long fast. We jumped in line, oops, sorry, in queue (we are in Canada now, you know) to see the Kaisei, a smaller ship. Next we got in queue for 3 
ships, Zodiac, Pacific Grace, and Pacific Swift . Only the Zodiac wasn’t open yet. They had some troubles with the water height in the bay. They had to completely build stairs for a couple so you could get in. 
We took time for a quick lunch, and then decided we would “die” on the
Bounty queue. It was long but that was the ship we wanted to see. We waited an hour and 15 minutes but we made it on! This replica was built in 1960 for the movie “Mutiny on the Bounty”, starring Marlon Brando. It was built from the original plans but due to the need for movie cameras everything was enlarged by 1/3.
After that we had a few minutes before we needed to meet L&T for the 3:00 ferry. So we walked through The Empress hotel. 21 years ago Ray and I started our Honeymoon in Victoria. We stayed at a bed and breakfast called The Beaconsfield Inn. One day we had high tea at The Empress. Today that same Tea costs $60 per person! It was interesting for us to see how much Victoria has changed. Then it was a beautiful, quiet town. Now it is a busy tourist center.
We met L&T and took the slower ferry back. It was really nice to just sit quietly on the ferry and rest.
Preston ran down to see Tank. Dinner was chicken sandwiches and then we all fell into bed. Ray and the boys are planning to get up early again and go to the Hoh Rainforest tomorrow.
2 comments:
Love those ships! Way too cool! Thanks for sharing so many great pictures and good too see you back online catching us up.
Kerry, I just can't get enough of your Tall Ships photos!
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