November 15, 2015. Loving Victoria!

CAMPGROUND:  Westbay Marina and RV Village.  Full-hookups.  $42 Canadian.  Tightly packed.  Most are snow-birders, staying here over the winter.  Good bathrooms. Pay showers. Internet for purchase. Cable.  4 stars. Our site is right on the water. Location! Location! LOCATION!

LOCATION:  On Victoria's harbor. We can see downtown.  In Victoria, British Columbia on SE tip of Vancouver Island.

WEATHER:  Mostly sunny.  Cool. Highs in 40s

We moved to Westbay, and are thrilled that we did.  We are on a marina, on the harbor facing downtown Victoria.   The view is incredible.  Part of the marina are darling floating houses.

We watch the float planes and ferries arrive from our RV site.

We took off to visit the famous Butchart Gardens.

 They were built by Mrs. Butchart for her private use, and continue to be managed by the family.  There are several sections, including the sunken gardens with this water feature.

The gardens are being decorated for Christmas.  We enjoyed the Japanes and  Italian gardens,too.  

From there, we followed some of the sight-seeing recommendations sent to us by our friend from Nova Scotia who used to live here.  We drove up to a mountain peak with incredible 360 views over the city.  Then, we drove a beach road around the perimeter of the harbor, gawking at beautiful mansions.  

I'm using paper maps to navigate around the city, since we don't have internet maps.  My directional ineptitude makes for some interesting excursions!

Back at the RV park, we hopped on a 2-mile walkway that circles the harbor, connecting our marina to downtown.  We hiked about half-way and stopped at a brewpub since it was beginning to get dark.  We enjoyed a drink at the bar and picked up some fish and chips to go.  Victoria is quite British.  The menu included bangers and mash, Yorkshire pudding, and Indian paneer.

As we walked back home, we were amazed by this view.