Anyway, it's a bit too glitzy for our tastes -- you need sunglasses to ward off the glare from all that gleaming fibreglass! -- but it was a sunny day yesterday, so we took to the inflatable for a little 'toodle' around the harbour. Here's what we saw en route to the Main Event... Victoria's new fire boat:
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A whalewatching boat...
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And, of course, the Seattle Clipper ferries:
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Then into the harbour... first, the Whitehalls:
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Then the fancy inflatables:
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And finally, the stars of the show:
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And more:
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Meanwhile, in my ordinary life, we passed this (MUCH more to our taste!) on the way back to the marina:
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And then this went by us later down at Clover Point:
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And finally, I finished the River Rock scarf... DONE picture tomorrow!
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1 comment:
I always find opulence in this form overwhelming...makes me wonder how they accumulated all their wealth....
Great blogs Marilyn...
Happy 'last week' of the month!
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