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Saturday, July 04, 2009
Coombs Country Market
After the beach we headed over to the Coombs Old Country Market. First
we stopped at the Thrifty Foods to take a picture with the giant
shopping cart.
The cart next to our car.
This is the place where they have the goats on the roof.
Claudia and Angela watching our for goat poop.
A green roof.
There are a lot of little shops as well as the main market store.
We went next door to the market where there were more shops.
Claudia bought a new hat.
It's always a fun place to visit.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Bug Zoo
When we asked the girls what they wanted to do or see in Victoria, it
was an unanimous "Bug Zoo"!
Some of the bugs in the zoo.
They all held as many bugs as they could.
Even I held a couple of bugs this time. The first was a tarantula, only
big kids 19 and over were allowed to hold them.
The other was a scorpion. Angela declared that she was coming back when
she turns 19 so she can hold the tarantula.
Next up was the millipedes, this is what the girls remember most about
our last visit.
Angela opting for the millipede moustache.
Claudia trying the same thing.
Gillian decided she would go for the millipede unibrow.
Claudia and a cockroach.
Another fun visit to the Victoria Bug Zoo.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Vancouver Aquarium
Our first outing in Vancouver was the Aquarium in Stanley Park.
We came here in 2005 and really enjoyed it.
The harbour seal while he was breathing with his nostrils flared.
There was a new baby beluga born in June, so the access at the beluga
exhibit was restricted. We had to line up and they allowed 25 people at
a time down to the underwater viewing, but we couldn't go right up to
the glass like last time.
Angela and Gillian in one of the bubbles.
I liked the sea nettles the best. You could stand there and watch them
for hours.
The moon jellyfish were pretty cool as well.
Jesse and Claudia watching the jellyfish.
The giant octopus.
Jesse.
A Vancouver Island Marmoset.
A crocodile claw.
The seahorses are really neat.
The girls and Jesse watching the giant sea turtle.
Nemo.
We got a good seat for the dolphin show.
It was one last visit to the outdoor viewing of the Belugas.
We didn't have enough room for stuffed animals, so we took pictures
instead.
Angela caught a salmon.
It was another fun visit to the Aquarium.
Shanna and Jesse have met up with us in Vancouver and we will spend the
next week or so travelling around.
The Tanabe's at the Aquarium.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Downtown Seattle
We took the bus downtown from Woodinville, it was the express bus, but
it was still a long ride. It was a bendy bus, whenever the bus turned a
corner the kids would swivel around.
The space needle from the I-5.
A parking enforcement vehicle.
There were a bunch of these vehicles driving through the downtown area.
A walking clam.
Our first stop was the Pike Place Market.
The girls and Jesse posing on the pig.
Some of the sights from the market.
We found the very first Starbucks.
Gillian and Angela all excited about ordering from the first Startbucks.
It was crowded.
Waiting for their order to be called out.
Angela carried her empty cup around the whole day because she wanted to
save it.
Angela outside a bookstore
Pike Place and Pike Street.
The gum wall down one of the alleys near Pike Place Market.
Close-up gum shot.
This wall is just covered with ABC (already been chewed) gum. And people
just keep adding to the collection.
We marked ours with some Canadian gum.
It was back up to the fish market to watch them throw around some salmon
(just under the sign).
They were trying to find a 14-15 lb fish, so they would throw one up and
weigh it, but it was too small so it was thrown back.
Big tongue sticking out
Shanna bought some crab for dinner, in the middle of the picture is the
crab being tossed.
Another pig towards the waterfront.
We walked along the waterfront for awhile and then we took the bus up to
Chinatown.
Angela and Claudia with Christopher Columbus.
A pirate in one of the stores.
How big of fish could you catch with this lure?
A giant stuffed penguin, good thing it wasn't for sale.
The dragons wrapped around the light poles in Chinatown.
Our last stop was Uwajimaya.
Friday, July 17, 2009
English Camp
We headed back into Roche Harbor this afternoon to buy some crabs and
prawns for dinner.
The prawns were live when we bought them and the kids were making
friends with them.
Claudia practising for dinner.
Gillian and Pepe the Prawn.
Even Jesse held one.
After Roche Harbor we went to English Camp. During the mid-1800's there
was almost a war over a dead pig, for close to 12 years there was both
an English and American camp on the island ready to go to war. It was
known as the Pig
War.
We didn't get a chance to go down to the American camp.
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