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bondjam33 70M
887 posts
10/24/2019 4:29 pm
Butchart Gardens
Some pics from our recent visit Butchart gardens on Vancouver Island

bondjam33 70M
840 posts
10/25/2019 11:36 am

 One of the most beautiful gardens in the world even so late in the season


Rocketship 79F
18564 posts
10/25/2019 12:03 pm

 Butchart Gardens in Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada is amazing!!


Abelle2 83F
31223 posts
10/25/2019 2:05 pm

 Many years ago...I was 15 and our Senior Girl Scout troop in California worked, collecting newspapers to recycle, cans and glass to recycle, any way we could make money, baby sitting etc. We worked toward the trip to Vancouver. It took us 3 years to have enough for us to go. I think there were about 10 of us.

Our leader and her husband drove their station wagons.

We camped all the way up and back and NO TENTS! One morning while sleeping in sleeping bags on the beach we woke up with a light rain on our faces.

We took a cruise ship over to the gardens from Seattle and there in front of us was the House of Parliament!

We were certainly impressed as none of us had seen anything like that.

We went to see a stage play and a couple of people became famous for their acting. CAN'T REMEMBER THEIR NAMES!

It is still a happy memory...I will have to find the pictures and post some of them.


bondjam33 replies on 10/26/2019 2:01 am:
I will look forward to seeing your pics.

Shartaun03 81F
6195 posts
10/25/2019 4:22 pm

 This is by far one of the most scenic places in the world. I have been a few times. certainly worth your time to visit if you are ever on Vancouver Island. There is a sunken garden in Vancouver in Queen Elizabeth Park that is a much smaller scale than Butchart Gardens.
Nice post Bondjam and lovely pictures.


Shartaun03 81F
6195 posts
10/25/2019 4:23 pm

 I just noticed you are from the UK Bondjam. Obviously you were taking in the sites of Canada.


bondjam33 replies on 10/26/2019 2:00 am:
We were on a 3 week tour of Toronto, Niagara, Vancouver, Banff, Jasper, Lake Louiseand Vancouver Island. Much of it was absolutely breathtaking scenery.

Simpleladyb2 74F
14822 posts
10/25/2019 4:51 pm

 I agree with you, it is one of the most beautiful garden we have visited too. We visited Victoria, BC last year.

Thanks for the pictures, it reminds me that place.
"The only way to have a friend is to be one."


Abelle2 83F
31223 posts
10/25/2019 5:01 pm

 I was playing a computer game and telling Alfie I wish I could think of the actor I saw in Canada. All of a sudden I said, Robert Goulet!

Minds do remember I guess.


Shartaun03 81F
6195 posts
10/25/2019 11:12 pm
    Quoting Abelle2:
    I was playing a computer game and telling Alfie I wish I could think of the actor I saw in Canada. All of a sudden I said, Robert Goulet!

    Minds do remember I guess.
Abelle...funny you should mention Robert Goulet. I always liked his singing. He was born in the USA but when his father died he moved with his mother and sister to Girouxville, Alberta. Later they moved to Edmonton. He later moved to the USA to further his career. He died in 2007. He was only 73 years of age.


Katie_au_lait 78F
7026 posts
10/26/2019 11:42 pm
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What a nasty little foul mouthed coward you are. You are the one who should be embarrassed.




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