Great first couple of days visiting my dear friends Daphne and Mark and their cute Havanese dog Monte in Victoria.
Coming in to land I knew it was going to be a special visit – the view from the plane was perfect.
Coming in to land at Victoria , BC airport
Daphne and Mark have a boat called “Three’s Enough” (long story!) and they kindly took me out for a day and night (it has two bedrooms!) on it. Here is the boat and crew (excluded me as I’m not really crew material but I make a great passenger!) – including Monte of course.
Three’s Company plus Mark, Daphne and Monte
First stop Salt Spring Island where my vision was boggled at the Farmers’ Market by rainbow stalk kale, red and orange carrots and garlic-scapes (plus cute guy with amusing t shirt).
Salt Spring Island Farmers’ Market
And then to top it all we had a wonderful dinner at the Relaise and Chateau restaurant- Hastings House. Last time I visited was with Trudy and Alan back in the mid 90s. It is still as good as I remembered and idyllically situated on a hill by the waterfront.
The track to Hastings House, a sample dish and Daphne, Mark and I having a great time
