Welcome to Victoria, B.C. Canada

In Victoria, we took a guided tour to see some of the highlights there. Our first stop was Hatley Castle. It was quite a magnificent structure and very beautiful.

Then we got to make a stop at the beach. Of course, all beaches are pretty in their own special way, but this one wasn't quite the best beach I've ever been to...

LOTS of driftwood...

SUPER cold water (notice the snow-capped mountains in the background)...

No pretty white sand...

But the kids still had a blast and enjoyed the time they had out of the van to run around for a few minutes! Tyler didn't even let the temperature of the water get in his way of getting as wet as possible!

Our last stop before heading back to the ship was at a nature park. We got to walk down a nice nature trail to a gift shop where we enjoyed an ice cream treat!

Check out this HUGE red wood tree! They were everywhere, but we thought this particular one offered a great photo opp! (Once again, Allison was sound asleep by this point of our tour, so she didn't make it in any pictures here.)