In Victoria, la dee da.

It's been a long day. Nicole's going to India next weekend for at least 5 weeks on study, and then I'm going to India (a different part of India) for a month on the 2nd of February. More work stuff.

But this weekend was our little getaway from Seattle. I made reservations on the Victoria Clipper a while back as our 6 year anniversary is on the 28th. Welp, we got to the clipper for an 8am departure. Boat was delayed by two hours leaving Seattle. More coverage (and pic) from Nicole here.

So we're finally on the boat, and we're about 15 minutes out of the dock and the boat slows down. Then they mention there was a problem with the exhaust manifold and one of the engines had to be shut down while the engineer tries to fix it. Another 15 minutes later, and we're informed that due to this problem, the boat's being turned around and we'll be returning to the dock.

So now, the lady across from us is balling her eyes out and I'm trying to laugh the whole damn thing off. Nicole and I talk about whether we want a refund, whether we go up to Victoria by car, or find another hotel and stay in Seattle. We chose to continue onto Victoria. I used my bluetooth connection and T-Mobile T-zones service with my laptop to make reservations on BC Ferries Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay run. We made it up to Tsawassen on time. The border had a less than 5 minute wait. Perfect....

But there was still more fun - this time it's a guy who has a gun or something. And the cops are yelling at him to obey or something. Hard to say, we were too far away to see what the hell was going on.

But anyway, we're here. The hotel's really nice. I'm just happy as hell to be here and we're going to try to enjoy our little vacation as much as possible.