The main purpose of coming to Victoria was to go to Butchart Gardens. These gardens were constructed under Jenny Butchart many years ago and are still privately held by her granddaughter today.
The gardens were extensive and incredibly beautiful. Here's Kirk in an area of the japanese garden.
We took the ferry from Sidney, B.C. to the San Juan Islands of Washington State. There are quite a few islands in this area, but only a few are inhabited. We stopped in San Juan Island at Friday Harbor and went and whale watched and visited a very cool lavender farm. Incidentally, this area of Washington grows the most lavender outside of Provance, France!
Here's a not so great photo of the whales...but we were able to watch a pod of like 10-11 whales! So awesome.
After San Juan Island, we stayed overnight on Orcas Island which is probably my favorite. It was also very green and the island had the unusual shape of a narrow horseshoe. It had beautiful lookouts and many hiking trails. From Orcas, we island hopped to Shaw Island...would NOT recommend visiting here....there is only a tiny general store right at the dock and no restaurants! What does that tell you? they don't want you there! Next stop was Lopez Island...I think this was Kirk's favorite island...full of hippies! It was rather interesting....lots of people come here to bike ride cuz it's the flattest terrain of all the San Juan's. Here's a pic of our last ferry ride as we went to Anacortes on Fidalgo Island. From Fidalgo Island, there are bridges to everywhere else.
And the last stop of our road trip was Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It really is a very beautiful area, but it paled compared to what I had already seen! From here, we basically took EVERY scenic road and followed water on our way home to Jackson. So, one week and 2700 miles later we were back in Jackson.
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i cant believe you guys went on a road trip. looks like it was fun though. makes me a little jealous ;)
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