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Today we decided to relax. We made the one hour drive to Victoria just to
heck the city out a bit. We ended up just spending the day at Beacon Hill Park.
The park is a large urban park (a la Golden Gate Park in San Francisco).
We started off by having a picnic lunch. Then we strolled over to the
petting zoo. They have rabbits, ducks, peacocks, sheep, alpacas, a brahma
cow, and lots of goats. Lots of fun for the kids.
Pot-bellied pig at the petting zoo
Backside of a peacock
Mating ritual dance?
Brahma cow
Alpaca
Alpaca
Peacock
We then visited (still inside the park) one of the tallest totem poles in
the world. It stands over 127 feet tall. Although I'm not sure if that
measurement is when it's completely straight. When we went, we could
clearly see that the top half was bent. It's a bit unnerving standing
directly beneath it. I'm not sure if there's some physiological effect
from tilting your head back so far, but I swear that the longer you look
at it, the more you're convinced that it's starting to fall and will land
right on top of you.
That's the second tallest totem pole I've ever seen!
Okay, I lied -- it's the tallest
That is not straight!
Then it was off to the beach, just a short walk from the totem pole.
The beach is a long sandy beach with some driftwood and perfect throwing
rocks. It's also a popular place for kite surfers. We enjoyed watching
several of them out on the water. One of them was very good, doing lots
of flips and generally being entertaining.
There's also a children's playground in the area, and we stopped there
for a few minutes. It's a standard playground with rope ladders, a slide,
swings, and a see saw.
We then drove back to Point No Point, where we had dinner reservations.
We'd met a family a couple days earlier who had raved about the restaurant,
so we had high expectations. The duck confit I had was very good, and the
service and food in general were good, although not up to the standards of
the finest restaurants you'll find in the Bay Area.
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