Life is all about Plan B.

And sometimes Plan B is not so bad. We are on Vancouver Island, spending the day exploring Victoria. I really wanted to go whale watching because we have a kid who is OBSESSED with underwater sea creatures and I knew it would blow his mind to see orcas up close. After some research, we decided on the “Prince of Whales” because they were cheaper than most and they had seen whales on yesterday’s tour. So we forked over 280$ for our family to go. We spent an amazing morning playing at the ocean and exploring Beacon Hill Park. Then we headed down to the harbor to board our ship. However, we found out when we got there that our whale tour had been cancelled because there weren’t enough people. We had some very sad kids after that…and I had already drugged them with Gravol! I might have been even sadder than the kids. After that we headed over to ‘the floating village’. We played at a playground on the water and then had fish and chips at a floating restaurant. The floating village was cool. There were 2 seals there that swam around the docks waiting for people to feed them fish. So we bought some little fish from the fish market and fed them. If you twirled your little fish (the one in your hand), the seal would twirl around too. The kids were loving it. Even Sawyer tried to jump in the water and swim with him (luckily she was buckled into her stroller). The seals were so fun, they almost made us forget about our whale disappointment. I really love Victoria. It is a beautiful city with gorgeous buildings and gardens everywhere. Oh, and ocean and mountain vistas. Tomorrow we are going to try and catch another ferry to the Southern Gulf Islands and visit a friend of Andy’s. Wouldn’t it be awesome if some whales could come swim alongside our ferry?