I would like to thank “Kevin” for helping us safely cross this part of the Dominion of Canada (for short, think of “him” as a ‘minion’)……..
He’s from the Soul tribe of Kia. Many good features and some annoying ones – like being a pain in the neck ….. no really, the headrest is positioned for someone with bad posture.
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Ironically we almost had to delay the trip. The morning of our departure, Brian got a call from the Royal Bank asking if he had made any purchases in the States …… “not for three years he replied. Sorry sir your card has been compromised”. So no credit card available for 8 days (the length of the trip). Most of the reservations were made using the card …. fortunately they will accept Gerda’s card! So off we went ….. on a wing & a prayer. Glad they caught it before we left – it could have been very embarrassing!
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Bye-the-way did I tell you about the great deal we got on leasing a jet to fly to Victoria? They said it was ours if we wished, but we could reduce the price for ourselves if we found one hundred & twenty-eight friends to fly with us. Well we told they we didn’t have that many friends wanting to fly ….. so they said no problem, we’ll find 128 unfriends to fly with you and therefore reduce your costs! We, of course said, sold ….. and that’s how we got such a great lease on a jet.
We think we’ll do the same thing to fly back.
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25 years ago we visited Victoria when we used a soft-top camper trailer. We toured around visiting a lot of the sights. 
As we wandered on this trip we decided to look at Market Square and suddenly realized we had been here all those years ago …….. in “Bead World”. That’s where Gerda & Christa spent several hours stringing each other along. Still there and still an amazing amount of beads. Christa loved that place and now you know why she has “beady” eyes for work!
Well tomorrow we return home, a little more relaxed and nostalgic than last week.
