Oooooh! Ahhhh!

Not much to say, really. Woke at five. Did a half hour sit. Packed. Walked down street to pick up rental car. Office closed. Walked back to Starbucks, bought coffee, waited for car rental to open. Picked up car. Picked up luggage (oh, and Ellie) at the hotel, drove ninety minutes to ferry dock. More waiting in the passenger service area (they sell all kinds of stuff there--but no NY Times!) More coffee. Boarded ferry...

Crossed channel between lovely islands...

Disembarked and drove down Vancouver Island to the incredible Butchart Gardens...

Apologies for the dupe, I couldn't work out how to erase one of them, but they're worth seeing twice, no? And there's more...

Roses...

The lovely Japanese garden, with its myriad greens--the trees, the shrubbery...

And the famous Sunken Garden...

So many pictures, so few words. And then on, south, to our new digs in Sooke Harbor...

And dinner...

And bed...

Need I say more?