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to see some of the sights of Victoria. Having only one day, we knew
we were limited, so our first stop was Beacon Hill Park.
After leaving the park we ventured into town and toured miniature
world with dozens of dioramas. The boys adored the train settings as
they were working models.
With the morning now all but over, we drove north to
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After lunch we wandered along Belleville St. to the Grizzly Bear-Royal B.C.Museum
We headed home via the scenic drive and tried to make out the coast
of Washington U.S, however the horizon was distorted with clouds, we thought
we caught a glimpse of the mountain, who knows. We arrived home a little
weary, just in time to help celebrate a birthday at our hosts’ place. We
spent a lovely evening with the Nordstrom’s, reminiscing on their Aussie
trip.
Beacon
Hill Park
It is a wonderful park that stretches from the shore to downtown. There
is a mixture of manicured gardens, rolling green lawns and sections of
“untamed” park with masses of naturalized flowers, daffodils and marguerite
daisies, their yellow and blue heads growing wild amongst the grasses.
The park has a wonderful children’s playground and a delightful petting
farm where the boys spent over an hour playing with pygmy goats. There
were a dozen or more baby goats, each with a name and a distinct personality.
The children were given brushes to groom them, and hay for them to nibble,
although most of the little ones were still fed by their mothers. Hayden
and Nathan were mesmerized by their antics… the goats were no bigger than
a small puppy, but very agile and were able to climb all over the boys,
nibbling on ears and shoelaces. The farm has many other “farm-yard” animals
and some not so usual (several beautiful peacocks, including two white
ones, a Vietnamese pig, a Zebu or Brahmin cow, and a couple of alpacas)
needless to say they all paled beside the goats!
The hours of painstaking assembly were incredible.
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