Step On Victoria

Been a while but still active. ;-)

If any of you are traveling to Ensenada I highly recommend David Marmolejo as a private tour guide. Funny and fun. Very reasonable and he offers a discount to Canadians: https://www.facebook.com/ldstourguide/?pnref=story

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Great stop for bikers (and others) on the Lochside Trail behind Michell Farms store. Farm fresh to the table. The food was great!

I hit most of these on my tours:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/cylapanin/random-victoria-bc-facts?bffbcanada&utm_term=.cx8Gl44qYN #.ohGdO33jmD

16 Random Facts About Victoria, British Columbia You Probably Didn't Know Because you don't know till you know, you know?

http://www.timescolonist.com/life/islander/bay-street-armoury-marks-100th-anniversary-1.2116864

Bay Street Armoury marks 100th anniversary The Bay Street Armoury has seen a lot since it opened 100 years ago, from the military purpose for which it was designed to an appearance by none other than legendary boxer Joe Louis. Louis, who. . .

Thanks Bob for bringing a truly fabulous group of people for me to show our wonderful city off to. May the rest of your journey be as smooth as today.

For today's group from California I'll have some pictures up later tonight. However, we talked about "The Pig War" started in 1859 where BC/Britain/Canada went to war with the US over a dead pig just off Victoria. Here's the background:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War

Pig War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the British Empire over the boundary between the US and the British Empire. The territory in dispute was the San Juan Islands, which lie between Vancouver Island and the North American mainland. The Pig War, so called because it w…

Had a fabulous group of people mixed from 2 Princess ships out to Butterfly World and Butchart Gardens.

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Had a group of engineers from Chicago today. City tour and Butchart Gardens. (3 tours out of the Empress this week):

Had a group from Kansas today. We stopped to feed the seals at Oak Bay Marina but they are away for pupping season at the moment. Have 3 groups next week.

This is better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9btQhs6zjQ

Symphony Splash 25th Anniversary (2014) Victoria's Symphony performs their annual summer tradition in the Inner Harbour, playing to more than 40,000 spectators for the 25th Anniversary edition of S...