Monday 13 October 2014

Retreating to YYJ

Being mortgage free has also given us a 
ton of extra cash to be able to have fun
 with! We were finally able 
to go to Victoria, which 
is something we've talked about 
forever but always had somewhere else 
our extra money "should" go to. 
Between fences, and decks, and normal
 household expenses, quick weekend 
trips to the coast were never on the
 top of the "to-do" list. 
Our trip was 
AMAZING. 
AMAZING. 
AMAZING. 
We splurged on the hotel which paid off 
big time. We stayed at the Magnolia on the top 
floor which couldn't have given us better 
location, we had a harbor view and the 
bathroom was to die for. Now 
remember, we've been using 
campground loonie showers for a month 
so having a private bathroom where
 you didn't have to walk 400m to, 
was quite the luxury! I may or may not 
have had 5 baths in 3 days! We did all the 
tourist things- Empress, Royal BC museum, 
water taxi, whale watching, fishermans wharf, 
Butchart gardens, Beaconhill park. It was the
 best trip and I can't wait to go back 
and do it again. I also realized it would
 live there in an instant. It has all the amenities 
of a big city but it's not. Plus it's green all year
 around. Definitely food for thought. It's not part of any 
plan but something I'm keeping in the maybe pile!












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