Wildcat Whale Watching Adventure - Saturday afternoon

Our boat. Top speed around 50 kph. Catamaran hull.

Blue Bridge and planes in foreground.

Just one of many private 'yachts' in the Inner Harbour.

Inner harbour - Parliament Bldgs.

The Empress Hotel

Loads of house boats.

The Coho pulling in from Port Angeles WA

Cool condo building

Nice places if you can afford them

This place on the tip of Ten Mile Point was bequeathed to the University of Victoria

It was pretty windy and cold at times, but Trista and I had a blast

At least I smiled for the camera!

Hitting waves gave good spray

OK, so you take a picture of a Killer Whale 100 meters away with a 3.2 megapixel camera with a 3x optical zoom. We did see about four whales breach. Very cool.

On our way back, calm waters. It took about 1 hour 20 minutes to get to the whales.
Met a family from Barrie Ontario on board the boat.

Sample of Colin's Artwork

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Sample of Al Marczyk's photographic talent

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Dragonfly

Victoria Shamrocks v Langley Thunder - Friday night

Western Lacrosse Association action at Bear Mountain Arena
Shamrocks lost 16-10. Worst game Clayton and I have ever seen.

A Few White Flowers

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What is he up to now?

Aside from that cool new hairdo!
Home reno projects NEVER end.

Uncle Dirk's West Coast Sailing Trip pic's

Next time we hope he drops in and says 'hi'.

Monster Truck Spectacular - Father's Day

Father's day was fun. It started at 6:30 am when I met up with my friend Gord to go for a bike ride and grab some breakfast in Cowichan Bay. We arrived in Cowichan Bay at 7:15 to discover the restaurant did not open until 8 am. We continued on to a favorite spot of Debra and I, 'Black's Coffee Shop' (I think) in Whippletree Junction. After a delicious Cinnamon bun and Americano, we figured we could take back roads and ride through the Shawnigan Lake area to head home. Blacktop turned into gravel (4.7 km of gravel!!! - one way). With optimism, we figured it had to lead somewhere......it did. A dead end. However, we now know where the Kinsol Trestle is. (rode our bikes along the walking trail to get there).
Doubling back (my kingdom for a dual bike) we arrived in Victoria shortly after 10 am.
In the afternoon I took Rueben and Clayton to the "Monster Truck Spectacular" monster truck and freestyle bike show at the Save On Foods Memorial Centre. It was loud and fun. The pictures say most if not all of what we saw.
The weather could be warmer, and the wind could quiet down, but all in all a nice Father's Day.
(btw, I was also spoiled with presents)

Happy Father's Day

Sunset, Deep Bay BC

(thanks for the photo Mom)