Tracie back on the blog

Well kids, here I am, back on the blog. Jeff seemed so sad that I wasn't reading it anymore, so about a week ago I started reading it again, and I'll admit it's nice to read, especially when everyone posts. I'll try harder from now on.

Vacation Log; May 6 (2 days before Gary's birthday)

After our first night of camping in our new tent, we went back to Granville island. I'll admit, it really was a little bit like Pinnochio's island, especially the kid's market. It was like an entire shopping mall of only kids toys, clothes and candy stores. We went over to the food market, which was pretty big, and bought a few things to take home with us, and we also ate breakfast and dessert (yes, dessert at 9 am). We walked around the rest of the island, and looked at some stores, mostly arsty stores like pottery and glass. There was a train museum that looked kind of cool, but we didn't want to pay to go in, because it looked pretty small and we weren't sure how good it would be.

At noon, we went over to the Ferries and decided to take a ride over to the island. The Ferry seemed a lot smaller than it did when I was little, but don't get me wrong, it was awfully big. The ride took an hour and a half, and before we knew it, we were in Nanaimo. At this point, we really didn't have any idea what to do or where to go next. We decided that we would either go to Tofino or Victoria, but not both, because we wouldn't have enough time. We figured that there might be a bit more to do/see in Victoria, so we headed out on the road.

About 5 minutes out of Nanaimo, there were signs to a fish hatchery, so we turned off and got a tour of the place. I thought it was very intersting... I never realised that so much work went into fish. Gary tapped the top of the water, and the fish thought he was food and would come up and bite his finger. It didn't hurt though.

We got to Victoria around 5 pm. We walked around the marina and looked at all of the buskers. Gary liked the guys who made beautiful pictures out of spray paint. The pictures cost $30 each though, and I thought they were cool, but looked a little tacky. After walking around for a while, we just wanted to stop. We were tired, dirty and didn't know where we were staying. We found a hotel and took our clothes to a laundromat. We ordered a pizza and just relaxed in the hotel room. That was probably the best sleep we've had so far this trip.