One of my favorite sight-seeing activities while traveling is witnessing animals in their natural habitats. I grew up as a PBS geek watching shows like Nova and Wild America.
As I started to travel more, I realized that I could visit these animals in their wild habitats and witness the behavior I had seen for years on the television first hand. There is a certain excitement to seeing an animal in the wild; - in the zoo, I barely blink as I pass the bighorn sheep exhibit, but if I see one on the side of the road in Colorado, I pull over to take pictures for 20 minutes and stare in awe as it does...
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While we were visiting Vancouver Island, the weather was absolutely bipolar. Sun and blue skies in the morning, gale force winds and 20 foot waves in the afternoon. And it continued like this for our three days on the island. On one particularly rainy, nasty afternoon, we were looking for ways to occupy our time. Despite the multitude of indoor activities that could have occupied us while in Victoria, we opted to check out the Fisherman's Wharf instead.
With temperatures hovering near freezing, rain pouring down, and wind whipping us around, we braved the weather and headed out on the wharf...
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After disembarking from the BC Ferry from Vancouver and on our way into Victoria, I saw signs for The Butchart Gardens, which I had heard was one of the most magnificent botanical gardens in the world. I didn't know much about them, but my mom had mentioned it as the one place I couldn't miss in Victoria. Without any plans for my first day, I decided that since we were in the area and had blue skies and sunshine (a rarity on the trip) that it would be a good time to visit the gardens.
The gardens were founded by the Butchart family on the site of their estate which was near a cement factory...
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