{"id":1549,"date":"2018-12-30T14:30:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T22:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hovorka.org\/?page_id=1549"},"modified":"2018-12-30T14:30:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T22:30:51","slug":"victoria-bc-2008","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/trips\/victoria-bc-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria, BC 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre class=\"trip-date\">Day 1 - Sep 1, 2008\r\nLast updated: 9\/7\/08 11:00am PT<\/pre>\n<p>Victoria is the capital of British Columbia and is located on Vancouver Island. It has a pleasant climate, like Seattle. When I listen to the radio at home, it is usually CKKQ-FM in Victoria, so it was nice to match some places with their names. The main reason for this trip was to go zip lining. Why is it that the main reason for a trip is never to relax? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>We took the ferry out of Tsawwassen, BC. There are ferries from Washington, but they only run twice a day. The BC ferries run every hour. Crossing time is 1.5 hours. It was a little windy.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/ferry1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/ferry1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/ferry2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/ferry2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dferry.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dferry.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the parliament building, a totem pole and a statue of Queen Victoria.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/parliament1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/parliament1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/parliament2d.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/parliament2d.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/parliament3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/parliament3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Victoria is supposed to have a British feel, but really it is just a city with a touristy area downtown. Sure, they have double decker busses (old ones for the tourists, new ones for the commuters) but so does Seattle.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dblbus.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dblbus.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>But they do have a lot of Smart cars and Darth Vader playing the fiddle.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/darth.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/darth.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<pre>Day 2 - Sep 2, 2008\r\nLast updated: 9\/7\/08 12:00am PT<\/pre>\n<p>Day 2 began with a walking tour\/history lesson of Victoria. We took the Victoria Bobby Walking Adventures tour. The tour is led by a former English Bobby. Make sure to pay attention, he will quiz you. (the answers are Ottawa and 1871)<\/p>\n<p>We saw this interesting old drinking fountain. The upper left and right are for the horses, the middle for people, and the lower left and right for dogs and pigs.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/fountain.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/fountain.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The biggest tourist attraction near Victoria is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butchartgardens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Butchart Gardens<\/a>. I think you really need to be excited by flowers to enjoy this place. It is a former limestone quarry that was converted to a garden by the quarry owner&#8217;s wife, starting over 100 years ago. There are 70 full time gardeners maintaining this place, and it shows. There isn&#8217;t one single blade of grass out of line. Denise liked the flowers in the last two pictures, so I expect to see those at the house next summer.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/butchart1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/butchart1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/butchart2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/butchart2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/butchart3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/butchart3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/butchart4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/butchart4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/butchart5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/butchart5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/butchart6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/butchart6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<pre class=\"trip-date\">Day 3 - Sep 3, 2008\r\nLast updated: 9\/7\/08 12:00am PT<\/pre>\n<p>Day 3 is zip lining day. Zip lining is where they strap a steel cable between 2 trees, hook you up to a harness, and you glide between the trees. You zip at speeds up to 40 mph and at heights up to 150 feet off the ground. The tour with <a href=\"https:\/\/adrenalinezip.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adrenaline Zipline Adventures<\/a> is near Sooke, BC, about a half hour drive from Victoria. Their web site has more videos. This is extremely safe and a lot of fun. There are 2 tour guides for each group (our group had 8-10 people). The tour guides hook you up to the lines and make sure you are secure. You don&#8217;t have to touch anything, they handle it all &#8211; except pushing you off the platform. You have to take that first step on your own. This is way safer than the luge I did in Calgary a few years ago. In fact, the ride up to the top of the hill in the ATV felt less safe than the zip line.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Denise in action.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip1d.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip1d.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip2d.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip2d.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip3d.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip3d.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s Ed in action.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-8' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip5e.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip5e.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip6e.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip6e.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip7e.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip7e.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Here are 2 videos of Denise.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 160px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1549-1\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dzip1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dzip1.mp4\">http:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dzip1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 160px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1549-2\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dzip2.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dzip2.mp4\">http:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dzip2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-9' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip8de.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/zip8de.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In the afternoon we drove up the west coast of the island. The intent was to take a picture of Cape Flattery, WA, which we visited in July. I had taken a picture of Vancouver Island from Cape Flattery and wanted to take a picture in the other direction. It was a very sunny day, except at Port Renfrew, where it was very foggy. I did get a picture of the Washington coast from a different location.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-10' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/renfrew1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/renfrew1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/renfrew2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/renfrew2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/washcoast.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/washcoast.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Can you find the bear in this picture?<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-11' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/bear1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/bear1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This black bear was at the side of the road as we were driving, and he scampered into the brush. You can see the back half of the bear.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-12' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/bear2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/bear2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<pre class=\"trip-date\">Day 4 &amp; 5 - Sep 4 &amp; 5, 2008\r\nLast updated: 9\/7\/08 12:00am PT<\/pre>\n<p>Day 4 we went to the Royal BC Museum. It has exhibits covering the history of BC. Outside were some totem poles.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-13' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/museum1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/museum1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/museum2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/museum2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Recommended restaurant: The Noodle Box. Basically it&#8217;s just noodles, veggies and meat stir fried with spices\/sauces, but it was tasty.<\/p>\n<p>After that, we ran out of things to do. So we drove up the east side of the island. We drove through Duncan (city of totems), and then to Chemainus (city of murals). I&#8217;d recommend skipping both of these towns, although Chemainus had a bunch of little shops that might be interesting to some people.<\/p>\n<p>Day 5 was the drive home. After we got off the ferry in Tsawwassen, we drove south to Point Roberts. Point Roberts is a geographic anomaly because it lies south of the 49th parallel. (see the map). It is part of Washington, but you can only get there by driving south from Canada. It&#8217;s a peninsula that is about 2 miles North to South and 3 miles East to West. We drove all the way to the south end, to Lighthouse Park. There was no lighthouse.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-14' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/ptrob1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/ptrob1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/ptrob2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/ptrob2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Island, BC<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-15' class='gallery galleryid-1549 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/vicmap.gif'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/vicmap.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/prmap.gif'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/prmap.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 &#8211; Sep 1, 2008 Last updated: 9\/7\/08 11:00am PT Victoria is the capital of British Columbia and is located on Vancouver Island. It has a pleasant climate, like Seattle. When I listen to the radio at home, it is usually CKKQ-FM in Victoria, so it was nice to match some places with their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/trips\/victoria-bc-2008\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Victoria, BC 2008&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":499,"menu_order":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1549","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1549\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}