Bless the GPS

Mary voiced our last GPS. She did mislead us a few times and we ended up calling her “the navigator bitch”. Jill is our ever-faithful voice of direction now and she does a wonderful job. We have only experienced one failure and that was because they closed off the road.

I am so-o-o glad she is with us. The drive from the ferry to my brother’s place was rather uneventful because of her.

I forgot how green and lush the island is, even in the middle of winter.

It’s funny, when Sheila and I were driving down a street in Lethbridge a couple weeks ago, there was one lawn, in particular, that was very green and we joked about it being artificial turf. Lo and behold, on our way back, we discovered that it was artificial.

Our stay in Victoria was shortened by a couple of weeks so we didn’t do all we had planned. We mostly beach strolled and ate in wonderful places  - - - we had East Indian food, wonderful seafood and Dim Sum – treats we haven’t had for years.

Beach strolling is a marvellous past time and people watching, of course.

Victoria must be a wonderful place to live but as a visitor, it is a difficult place to find your way around.

The Fisherman’s Wharf is amazing with all it’s colourful boats and begging seals.

 

 

The one thing I wanted to share with you-all was something we had never seen before and I just had to get a picture of it. There is a huge 2-story Walmart in a large shopping centre. It has a cart escalator!! No, really, you put your cart on the escalator and it will take it to the next floor – fascinating!!

 

Not being city type people we were anxious to find our way out of the city and onto roads less travelled.