O Canada!

Tuesday, 20 July, 2015

Washington, Canada

Today we drove along the coast through all of Washington to the ferry in Port Angeles.  We drove through the Olympia National Forest and Olympia National Park where we stopped to see the beach.  When we went to the beach in Oregon, we were looking for sandollars but couldn't find any.  Here, we found many fragments, Shelby and I found almost whole ones, and Joshua found one completely whole one.  Like the other beach, there were many jellyfish fragments all over the beach as well as a few almost whole jellyfish (just without the tentacles).   Oddly enough, the water at the beach today was also warmer, but the beach itself was less dramatic than the one in Oregon.

Who knew beach logs were that dangerous?

One of the many jellyfish on the beach

My sand dollar (which I found in my bag later, crushed)

There is a cave, most likely formed from erosion, under this tree.
It's amazing--we were taking bets on how much longer the tree will survive.

In Port Angeles, we grabbed lunch at Subway, then boarded the ferry for Canada.  Our destination:  Victoria.  We've heard from many that it is a beautiful town.  So far, I'd have to agree.  We only walked from our hotel downtown to see the sights, eat dinner, and take some after dark photos (I'd read that the Parliament buildings are beautiful at night).

A crosswalk we found

Joshua and his friend, the Moose

Shelby and her friend, the Candian Mountie

The Empress Hotel

Dolphins at the Empress Hotel

More of the Empress Hotel

Houses of Parliament at night

Empress hotel at night

Another building lighting up the night sky of Victoria

Tomorrow, we head to the Butchart Gardens and still have to decide what to do in the afternoon.