The second weekend in July Caleb and I went up to Victoria, BC, Canada kid free. My parents offered to watch the kids for a night. I know, pretty awesome. So we took the Victoria Clipper on a 3 hour boat ride up to Victoria early Saturday morning and returned via Clipper Sunday night. This was a fun trip for us because 7 years ago (+ or - a couple weeks) we spend some of our honeymoon in Victoria. So we had already done all the touristy things like Butchart Gardens, whale watching and tea at the Empress Hotel. So on Saturday we went up in a small airplane for a site-seeing tour of Victoria and the surrounding area. It was something Caleb wanted to do on our honeymoon and we just didn't get around to it. And then the next day we rented a scooter and just drove around for a couple of hours. Here are some pictures from our weekend get-away.
Here I am in front of the plane.
Mt Rainier. The weather was gorgeous the whole weekend and we could see the Olympic Mountain Range and it was BEAUTIFUL!! I love Washington! :-D
Caleb in the plane while we are cruising.
Butchart Gardens from above. I have to admit, it's not that impressive from the air. It's much cooler on the ground.
The mountains, which don't actually look that great in the pictures but were amazing in person.
This is down town Victoria. On the bottom right you can see the Victoria Clipper and on the left you can see the Empress Hotel.
Me getting off the plane.
Here I am in front of some hydrangeas in the Empress Hotel garden. Hydrangeas were our wedding flower. :)
Caleb looking mean on the scooter.
Action shot!
More action. We took a lot of pictures of ourselves riding the scooters. It was a lot of fun. I would recommend it to everyone!...most everyone.
Here we are both on the scooter. We decided to get a two person scooter instead of a 2 one person scooters because it was more social (and warmer). But note that Caleb did most of the driving, so this picture is a little deceptive.
A scenic shot on the scooter.
Caleb in front of the castle. This was Caleb's favorite site on both visits to Victoria. :-P
Me and some flowers. Caleb likes to take pictures.
Together in the gardens.
So that was our trip. We had a great time and would love to have another get-away before #3 arrives in February. So if you would like to watch our kids, let us know...it will be easier now than it will be next summer. :-D
7 comments:
Congratulations on the impending #3! (But I thought you knew that these announcements are supposed to be made by bringing cookies, a cake, or fruit salad in a procession around the floor... :) )
MB
Glad you had a good trip -- Victoria is great! Those photos of the mountains out make me miss WA. Congratulations about #3, that's happy news.
Funny, I was looking at the photos and I thought two things:
Kendra looks great!
and
Wait, is she expecting #3? She looks like she's got that glow.
And then I read, yep, #3! We're so happy for you.
Bethany and Carey
Congratulations Kendra! Hope the pregnancy is going well so far. :) I'd love to get together for another playdate sometime. We're still in Michigan, but maybe in September.
WOW! Congratulations. That's great. The trip sounds like fun too. I love reading about all your activities.
Congratulations on #3 Kendra!! We are expecting #2!! She is due Dec 26! Two of our kids will be nearly the same age (we just missed that one in between :) ).
Christy
WHOA WHOA WHOA! I just now read this post all the way to the end!! Big congrats, guys! I will be sad that I won't be around for the birth of this Hug baby!
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