Got up at 6am this morning and headed to the Ferry, took the car on, it was a 7 level ferry and a lot nicer than the old Cook Straight ones. It rained hard all day today. Got off the Ferry at Victoria and had lunch. Pat had a Ceasar (a bit like a bloody Mary), a national drink here he also had Pontine (also a national dish here, made from hand cut potatoes, with cheese and miso gravy)

We then went to one of the top 10 book shops in the world, it was really cool and had quilts hanging on the walls yay!

Then we went to the bug zoo. So funny, the ant colony was amazing. Pat got to hold Aurora the pink tarantula. Hayley held a Stick thing.

We then headed to Nanaimo a couple of hours away. Had dinner there and the maitre d was a kiwi. it was raining hard and the road was really covered with water and visibility was dodgy, Pat did a great job driving. We are staying at a cute little cabin the woods through Air BnB.