Onward to exploring Victoria, Vancouver Island, and tooling around the Vancouver area. Incredibly beautiful natural scenery. Friendly, helpful people. Kindness galore. We were surprised to experience just how friendly and kind Canadians are. They lack the "othering" lenses Americans have been trained to use. They are genuinely eager to welcome, help, inform, explain... Americans, heads up and take a lesson from our Northern neighbors.



Gorgeous Butchart Gardens














