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Today we bid farewell to our trusty little '88 Nissan pickup which had been involved in a motor vehicle accident. The front right unibody fender (sub part) was crunched and I do not have the expertise nor the equipment to fix it. So we put it up for sale on usedvictoria.com and within a week it was sold.
In it's place is a 2007 Toyota Tacoma pickup which has automatic transmission (read: no fun) but is way newer and cleaner and with more interior space.
After church yesterday, Debra and I visited with an older couple and our new interim (4 weeks) pastor and his wife. They are in their 20's, so it was a nice intergenerational time of food and fellowship.
At around 4 pm we headed down to the inner harbour to take in the classic boat festival. This yearly event always draws a good amount of both boats and visitors. The boats are beautiful with some from the early 1900's and quite a few from the 1920's.
The weather was cooperative as this morning we woke up to heavy overcast and drizzle/rain. As we have been moving MANY plants, this weather is more than welcome. It does however, delay painting the final few area's that were on for this summer.
Debra and I had lunch today at the Greek Fest. It is set up at the Greek church beside Saanich Commonwealth Place. The food, atmosphere and music are all great.
Mmmmmm. Lamb on the spit.
Where all the Yummy food comes from. We will definitely have at least one lamb dinner, baklava and greek coffee before it is all over on Monday.
This is the jersey I was supposed to be handing off to my counterpart (Twitterer) from the Salmonbellies to wear at their home playoff game. Unfortunately, losing 4 straight foiled my plan.
We had the Breakfast Special at the Sour Pickle Cafe. (2 scrambled eggs, choice of sausage or bacon, hashbrowns and toast for $4.99) Very good and filling.
One of the doors in Fan Tan Alley in Victoria's Chinatown (Canada's Oldest)
Fan Tan Alley
Fan Tan Alley
View of the inland side of the Blue Bridge.
Reading in the paper it said we will not be experiencing any more of the hot weather (30 degree stuff) this summer. Further to that, we are to expect a colder and wetter winter. The nights are definitely cooler and you can feel that fall is in the air. Monday and Tuesday are supposed to be rainy and highs of 14 degrees.
Debra and I enjoyed a nice long walk (with coffee and a yummy apricot/caramel cake slice at Cafe Fantastico) along the galloping goose towards the inner harbour. This picture is from the side of the Selkirk Trestle which spans the Gorge. There seems to be a lot of boats this year anchored in this spot.
The season is over for the Shamrocks. The New Westminster Salmonbellies completed the four game sweep by winning the final game 17-8. Ouch. They now travel East to take on either the Peterborough Lakers or Brampton Excelsiors in the Mann Cup.
As previously mentioned, Clayton and I tweet for the Shamrocks. There was a wager between the person who tweets for the Bellies and us. We lost and had to wear the Salmonbellie jersey during Game 2 in our arena. 
