Drove down to Victoria for the day. Had a great lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory. I haven't eaten there for years. I had to have spaghetti and meatballs. Same thing I always ate there. It was still good food. Then we took a tour of the downtown core. The tourist stuff has been left the same but many of the businesses are very different from 30 years ago. Rogers is still there and Murchies Tea. Went to buy some of the special paint that K & K paint their house with. We went to a shopping area that was run down back in the day, but has been renovated and is now upscale. It was good to see.
We attempted to drive to the old Russell place but I couldn't seem to navigate through to Langford from downtown. I ended up sending poor Kevin in a scenic circle. I take it as a sign that I am not meant to go back and see it. So much development has happened that it will not be the same place. It would make me sad or mad if the plants and trees that Rose and Tom planted were gone. It was like a mini Buchart Gardens in the backyard.
We drove back to Nanaimo in a bit of rush hour traffic. By the time we hit Goldstream Park it was done.
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