Regrettably, the next morning we had to leave. Of course, the reason we had to go was to get to Big Mikey's party on time, so that helped to make up for the wrench of leaving Victoria.



I got up early and wandered down to the computer. There, Sushi found me and interfered with my posting.





Steve is not a morning person-how many have seen him wearing pants! At least they're tartan.




We all got dressed and ready to go, including Sinbad's bear, Moon.




The kids saying goodbye to Bobbie




Steve was a little slower about getting dressed.

But he finally pulled himself together. Look at these two-what a pair!




We drove to the ferry, stopping in Sidney for some early lunch. There we stepped into a used book store and Sinbad bought a joke book with which he tortured us the rest of the way home!

At the ferry, we had a little bit of a wait, so we hammed it up


Kilt Man and his side-kick, Canada Boy!




The smallest porter.




Demure? Maybe not so much!




And, we got 2 new birds-a Glaucous-Winged Gull and a Pelagic Cormorant! (so, I guess our trip wasn't completely wasted time. )