Final Day Victoria

I looked up my old friend Ulrika who moved to BC from Montreal several years ago.  We went out to Hatley Castle and Fort Rodd together.  It was my favorite outing in Victoria.  Hatley Castle is enormous.  It is owned and used by Royal Roads Miliatary college so you are only able to tour one level of the castle.  The tours are hourly and I had just missed the tour.  So I didn't see the inside.  However I did walk around the estate a bit.  It was really beautiful.  The gardens are not to be missed there.  Its a 5/5.  It is no longer listed on the CAP website so it may not be an active museum anymore.

We then when to Fort Rodd.  Which was also beautiful and a few minutes drive from Hatley Castle.  Fort Rodd is both an old military fort and the location of a nice old light house.  The entry fee is minimal for non CAP members.  The fort is alright, not the most impressive one I have seen in Canada thius far but the view is spectacular.

The thing that stuck out to me about Victoria was really the beauty of being outside.  The museums weren't especially fabulous but why should the be when the skyline looks like this?  My only regret is that I didn't have any vacation time available from work to see more of BC.  Its my dream at the moment to get back to the West and see more of BC and Alberta.