Day 20 – Victoria, British Columbia

Our car tucked inside the ferry

Long day today so this is going to be a short blog. We caught the ferry to British Columbia today with our ultimate destination being Butchart Gardens, which is just outside of Vitoria. The ferry ride is 90 minutes each way plus you have to line up between 60 and 90 minutes early (mainly for customs), so it takes a long time to do both crossings. We were in line at 7 am for the crossing to BC and got back to Port Angeles at 9:30 pm. The ferry holds 110 cars and 1000 passengers.

Sunken Gardens

Butchart Gardens was fantastic and I think we set a record for most photographs taken in a single day by a wide margin. Our favorite part was probably the Sunken Gardens but the whole place was magnificently decorated with flowers and other plants. They also have a Rose Garden, Japanese Garden and Italian Garden sections. We had a nice lunch on the patio overlooking the gardens. I won’t bore you with all the flower pictures.

Parliament Building in Victoria

Finally, the last picture follows in one of the inadvertent themes of our trip. It is a picture of the Parliament Building in Victoria. Not a state capitol, but Victoria is the capitol of the province of British Columbia