Day 9

Victoria to Victoria

We were all up bright and early this morning because today we have a whale watching tour to get to. We were the first to arrive for the first tour of the day. Max asked our Captain if we could have the front seats, and because no one can say no to Max, we were in the front of a very bouncy zodiac and we ripped across the water in search of Orca’s. All of the tour boats were just heading out for the first tours and we blew past them in our go-fast boat. We even did a couple of donuts, which was just awesome! Our Captain was the first to spot the Orca’s! We saw dives, tail slaps, and a couple of straight up jumps where we could see the whale’s belly. It was so great. We mostly saw a mom and her two babies, but there was another group of four that put on a little show for us too.

Our Captain let all of the other boats get in close to where the whales were, and he would point us down the coast a little bit and we would drift away from the whales; and then the whales would turn direction and swim right by where we were. It was amazing how good our Captain was at predicting what they were going to do next.
We had lunch overlooking the harbour. Although the food wasn’t particularly good, the view was amazing so we stayed for a second round of beer/iced tea.

We spent our afternoon back at the hotel. We did a load of laundry, which sounds pretty bad, but the laundry room was right by the pool, hot tub, steam room and sauna so we were ok. We then had a little rest and headed out for dinner. We ate overlooking the harbour for the second time today. I had cheesecake for dessert and it was so darn good.

Max has bags under his eyes the poor kid is so tired. We are going to sleep in tomorrow morning and then get our fancy on for High Tea at The Empress Hotel. Chris and Max are so excited I don’t know if they will be able to sleep tonight.