Our weekend in Victoria

Well thank you all for your camping stories and for wishing us well on our adventure.

Our day started off very early. We were up at 0500 packed and on the road by 0600. Amazing I say. Our trip to Victoria was wonderful. The drive down was uneventful. We made fabulous time, so much so that we had time to spare. We were able to make it to the campsite and pick our spot. We set up our tent and left some things at the site and then headed off to my daughters first game which started at 0900. The sun was shining....we couldn't have asked for better weather.

The girls didn't do that well. They lost their first game...but they played as though they were tired. The next game was close...great game, but the other team scored in the last few minutes of the game. Darn. But we were all proud of their hard work and how well they played together. Most of these girls are new to this sport and there are a lot of rules to learn...and hitting the ball around with the silly little sticks...it's amazing what they can do.

The girls put in great effort on their first day and it was a pleasure to watch.

Hubby and I left the field and went to set up our campsite. The tent that we had set up didn't have a fly so we were just going to buy a tarp, but then thought better of it and ended up buying a new tent. You know what they say....when you get a new tent you should first set it up at home. This tent was very interesting. It had two vestibules....so you ended up setting up the outer fly first and then you lay the inner part of the tent after and it attaches to clips on the fly. Well it all looked just a tad difficult so I left that chore to hubby....

I wanted to show you a picture of hubby setting up the tent....but he vetoed the two photos I had of that....anyhow...there is the tent in the background.....notice those trees....this is an old growth campsite....after all the wind storms we had in the fall there were a lot of trees fallen down....but we weren't allowed to use them for firewood as they are to rot and make compost on the forest floor. So instead we had to pay almost $6.00 for a bundle of wood. Crazy....

And here is our expensive fire.

It was a lovely evening.....No smores though....just reading by the campfire and telling stories....very peaceful. Sunday came ......we slept in....I can't believe it. Hubby suggested we set the alarm but I nixed the idea as everyone is always up at the crack of dawn when you are camping and I figured this time would be no different. Well what I didn't count on was me being up at 0400 getting my antihistamines and then going back to bed and not waking up until almost 0900.....my daughters game was at 1000 and we still had to take down camp and drive the 20 mins to the fields. We made it to the field with 10 mins still left in the first half.

They won the game, so there next game wasn't until 3:30, which meant we had almost 4 hrs to kill. My daughter and her team mates were tired and just wanted to sit in the shade and relax. I couldn't blame them. So hubby and I decided that we would take a drive around town. We drove around the water route which took us to some very posh neighbourhoods. We made our way to downtown and to the inner habour...and what do we see but this....

What's that you say.....well it looks like a helicopter stationed on what looks like a yacht!!!

Amazing isn't it. The ship is called the "Atessa" it is 225 ft long, it carries 35,000 gallons of fuel, it is the 13th largest yacht in America and 69th largest in the world. It is owned by Denis Washington, who owns Seaspan. Mr. Washington lives in Montona. He is also the proud owner of our fastcat ferries. It's hard to imagine that kind of wealth.

We returned to the field to watch the last game. They lost....boo hoo. But they had a great time. They had to rush to try and catch the ferry so they were off like whirling dervish. Hubby and I gathered up our belongings and made the trek north. Home.