Jack Meets His Match
We went to the Salish Sea Aquarium in Sidney, BC and saw a creepy starfish suck the life out of poor old Jack….
Such a toothy Grin
…as another killer (whale) hovered overhead.
Yikes!
All in all, it was quite a hair raising adventure. Happy Halloween Everyone! 🎃
We caught some fish and chips at Red Fish Blue Fish on the wharf in Victoria, BC.
The fish was fabulous but the root beer was out of this world. Intergalactic Root beer to be exact.
Made with: MOLASSES, SARSAPARILLA, LICORICE ROOT, BLACK PEPPER, ANISE SEED, CLOVES, & CINNAMON
Red Fish Blue Fish Wharf
We managed to get our al fresco meal before the line ups started. The cook admitted their food was kinda famous. According to her it was featured “in magazines and on TV and stuff.” The fish and chips were cooked to perfection and the location is also unbeatable, right on the water with stunning views. Highly recommend grabbing a bite here!
We’re hanging with the hip at the Hey Happy Cafe in Victoria. We’re happy.
After a week on Salt Spring Island we decided to make one last trip to Cowitchan Bay to hear the sea lions bark at the moon. It was so beautiful! On a whim we decided to have a quick bite at the Masthead Restaurant and it turned into a two course dinner. It was the best meal on this trip.
It’s a little cooler today on Salt Spring Island. That calls for piping hot dark roast coffee and a cinnamon bun. Ah…Island Life.
The Cowitchan Bulls are back baby and they are ready to party! The male sea lions leave the cows tending the pups in California and they swim to Cowitchan Bay for a month long stag party. They bark and roar late into the night. We left our window open so we could hear them even though it meant an unsettled sleep. Fortunately for the other guests, the hotel provided complimentary earplugs.
where in the world are we?
The Universal Studio Park is a mish-mash of styles because facades from various movies have been combined to create a world of half forgotten memories. Rocky, the Blues Brothers and Transformers all live on the same block. Everything seems strangely familiar. I just couldn’t quite place which storefront belonged to which movie.
Corinne said “Let’s try one of the park’s rides.” She sometimes experiences motion sickness so we thought we would try something tame. What about the “Minions” ride? Cute little cartoon characters with goggles - they make jokes about bananas and farts, what could be more harmless? It’s a simulator ride. You wear 3D glasses and sit on a bench that moves. After we sat down, it was a little disconcerting that we were being strapped in quite tightly. The thing about a simulator ride is it can mimic the most terrifying roller coaster imaginable. Not only that, it can defy gravity. It was a wild time bordering on the hallucinatory. We experienced impossible twists and turns as well vertical drops. Occasionally, I was distracted by a screaming woman but for the most part I was giddy with the thrill of it all. A mechanical press threatened to squash us as flat as a cartoon pancake and we were assaulted by absurd projectiles. I enjoyed the whole experience almost as much as the onscreen Minions did. Oh, and yes, the screaming woman was Corinne.
Under the Umbrella
You can't go wrong with breakfast by the pool. The morning is lovely and cool. The sky is blue. I look up into the palm trees and see heavy soon-to-fall-unconscious-rendering coconuts overhead. The courtyard is a jungle and an ocelot patterned kitten stalks the gardens. Corinne is ecstatic. She now has an animal to feed during breakfast. I eat my "Breakfast Americano" as Corinne photographs the coconuts. Soon after we leave, pruners are brought in to remove the coconuts. Management has sensed an impending lawsuit. Everyone survives and the coconuts are served up as drinks in the bar.
Law of the Jungle
