Butchart Garden

Today, Susan and I went to Butchart Gardens. What a beautiful place. Everything is so perfectly pruned and cultivated. I can't even imagine the man hours it takes every day to keep up with it.

The other thing I couldn't believe was how many people were there. We arrived just before eleven and the entrance to the garden was just packed with people. By the time we left, the parking lot was half full and most of the cars were not from BC.

We made our way around the garden taking lots of pictures, which I'll post a little later. The sunken garden is beautiful. There is a fountain at the edge of it which sprays water in the air in all different directions creating an amazing effect. The other part I really liked was the Japanese Garden. I loved all the bonsai style trees.

I wish we could have had a chance to see the fireworks, they are supposed to be spectacular. Next year for sure.

After we left the gardens, we went downtown to the fisherman's wharf to have some fish and chips at Barbs. It was so tasty. We drove down to Dallas Road to eat our lunch.

After we got home, Laura wanted to go to her cousin's house for the night so we drove back out to Saanich to drop her off. We came back home and had a little nap, waking up hungry a little while later so we decided to go out for dinner. There is a little Thai restaurant in Esquimalt called Zap which we'd never been to but heard great things about. Our oldest son also started working there recently so we thought we'd give it a try. Dinner was delicious! We were very happy with our choice.

What a beautiful day. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful wife to spend time with. Susan is the greatest! It is so nice to be able to have a "date" day like this every once in a while.