Day 18 – September 19, 2015

Kate and I cooked bacon and eggs for breakfast, while reminiscing about cereal sessions and other Holy Name memories.  We then said our goodbyes and I traveled two blocks to downtown Victoria.

Nice place from what I saw.  Beautiful Parliament buildings:

Cool hotels like the Fairmont Empress:

Walking into the Empress, I was determined to have “High Tea” in honour of my mom.  BUT apparently it’s a like bit more sophisticated than walking into the tea room and ordering a cup of Earl Gray.  I quickly learned that you need a reservation and $63 of pocket change.  Sorry mom.   Next time.

I left Victoria feeling like there was still more to see (e.g., Canada’s oldest Chinatown).  But I head move on… to TOFINO!

I headed North up the Trans Canada, but it took me longer than expected to reach my first checkpoint, mostly because I kept pulling over to look at stuff like this:

Of course, once I got to Nanaimo, I had to eat a Nanaimo down at the waterfront.  I had to!!!

Since it was getting dark, so I chose Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park as a place to rest for the night.  I met a whole manner of interesting creatures including a teenage buck 5 feet from the car and this little guy:

Other than that, it was an awesome campground!