June23

Not sure what happened to yesterday’s entry.  I did write one.  We traveled from Quilcene to Port Angeles and took the ferry to Victoria. 

 

Today was a touring day.  We did bike about 21 miles to get to Butchart Gardens which is a fabulous garden park of about 60 acres north of downtown Victoria.  It is beautiful.  We took a city bus back from the gardens to the hotel just to make life easier.  Our weather was surprisingly better today than we expected.  Sunny most of the day with temperatures in the low 60’s. 

 

I drooled over the gardens and the climate that allows them to grow the variety of plants they do.  The site is largely the homestead of the Butchart family and includes an old limestone quarry that was used to make cement which was the source of the family fortune. 

 

Tomorrow we will plan a late start with biking to Sidney to catch a 5:55 PM Ferry to Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands where we will spend the next two days. 

 

Victoria is a beautiful city with a great climate with little cold weather and relatively temperate summers.