Vancouver and Vancouver Island

I haven't been able to do a post for a little while due to being in Canada.  Data usage is awful there.  We are now in Washington so I can get caught up.  We left Prince Rupert, Canada after getting off the ferry and power drove to Vancouver.  Lots of smoke due to the wild fires.  We enjoyed getting to look around Vancouver, especially the West End.  I could live there if someone would drop 1 million dollars in my account!  Whenever we go to a big city or a different country I always like to experience the local transportation.  We took the Sky Train downtown which was very clean and nicely maintained.  We unfortunately did not pay close enough attention as to where we got on the train.  We had walked over from the RV Park.  We got off in the dark at the wrong station which added an additional 4 miles to get us home. Fortunately we were not in a bad area.  From Vancouver we took the Ferry to Vancouver Island.  We were able to get one night in the Provincial Park but had no other reservations.  This could have been a disaster because Canada celebrates Labor (Labour) Day like the US does.  There were absolutely no sites anywhere.  Chris sat on the computer for a few hours trying to catch a last minute cancellation, which he fortunately did.  We ended up at beautiful French Beach Provincial Park.  We moved to Victoria (on Vancouver Island and the capital of British Columbia) for a few days after the long weekend to see the area.  Butchart Botanical Gardens was our favorite.  I've included a few of my favorite pictures.  There were dahlias the size of dinner plates.  We had beautiful weather in Vancouver.  Headed to Port Angeles, WA on the Ferry.

Downtown Vancouver.

Our campsite at French Beach.

 Mystic Beach and French Beach

I loved the flowers, obviously, by the number of pictures I took.