Rubadubdub ~ All 5 in a Pub

Day 7, Thursday, May 22nd. Our last day at sea. Anticipation ran high as we made our way to Victoria. Tomorrow we would be back in Seattle, ready to disembark and fly back to Beautiful Bakersfield. The night would bring one last opportunity to take this vacation together to new heights. After being on the zipline, I was ready for a little less height, but that would be easily overcome with a few brewskis during the Pub and Ale tour we had signed up for.

The night brought a 2nd "formal" dinner. I talked everyone into passing on the outing, I had only brought one dress. You know, the white dots on black w/ matching shoes, I wore it Monday night ~ I was sure everyone would remember and didn't want to risk the comments. "Psssst...here comes Orca, you know, the whale." What was I thinking when I packed that dress????? If only I had had a little shawl to wear over it, maybe I wouldn't have felt so obvious. What was cool about our ship is that regardless where you ate, the food was the same throughout the the dining halls. We ate early in the Lido Desk. MMMMMMMMM my my....surf and turf. Perfecto. And being in the buffet line there were seconds.


The dress for whale watching.














Being formal at our first formal dinner














Dressing up makes us all look pretty.

Our second formal night. Some people had to dress up. They looked nice. Next time, a simple pair of black pants and a nice blouse will be packed in my suitcase.

After dinner, we left for our tour. O Canada! Finally, we got to use our passports that we only paid $100+ for. Another bus trip, this time through the town of Victoria. I do believe Victoria qualifies as one of the best cities in the world. Absolutely beautiful. Stephen, our bus driver / tour guide was well informed and easily shared highlights of the city with us.

Pub 1 was good. Could have sat there all nite long and enjoyed the beer....uh....ale.

Pub 2 was good. Could have sat there all night and enjoyed the beer....uh.....ale.

Pub 3 was good. Could have sat there all night and enjoyed the beer.....uh......ale.

[buuuuuurrrp] 'scuse me.

As nice as Victoria was, I am not too sure it would be the place to settle into retirement. But then would a government who believes their parliment building should be lit up at night be any worse than the one we have?

Could have sat there all night and enjoyed the beer.