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Denise: We can show you about some of the best cities in BC
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jazzy street music
We are heading out on the road on a small adventure we're going to go to
Kory: Vancouver tonight, Victoria tomorrow
K: We're gonna be in Victoria for, what a week? D: Yeah, so hopefully the weather is really good. We're gonna stop and pick up our bikes
D: They've got some pretty good trails there in Victoria.
K: Do the Galloping Goose, maybe?
D: Yeah, and we'll see what other cool things we can show you about some of the best cities in BC
K: Let's go
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We're here at Stanley Park in Vancouver, this is like a HUGE Park. I don't even know how big...
Yeah, it's big
it's a REALLY big Park, it's right on the Seawall
and there's lots of bike paths, and Gardens, and beautiful things to do here
So we got our bikes out
K: and we're gonna go check it out. We're gonna go to the garden first
D: Yah! K: then maybe we'll hit the seawall
See what we see
D: Okay, let's go K: Let's go!
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Well it was a great ride, because Stanley Park's always great!
...and beautiful K: yeah, it is D: and it didn't rain
K: And we didn't even go through the whole thing D: Oh, we didn't even go through a fraction of it!
K: yeah.
D: It's beautiful here K: All right, we'll be back
So, that ferry we just passed is the Spirit of British Colombia.
It just did a Transatlantic crossing, which is hard to believe a vessel like that can do a Transatlantic crossing
It had its midlife upgrade, in Poland, and just returned to service five days ago
and it's now refurbished and
It now runs on LNG versus diesel. It can run on both, but will run primarily on LNG
It, along with this ship, the Spirit of Vancouver Island
Are the biggest ships in the fleet
Had a little time on the ferry ride from Vancouver to Victoria today, to figure out some fun ferry facts
I'd like to share with you! This particular vessel
The spirit of Vancouver Island, holds 470 cars.
If it's 70% full, which it's often more than that, and the average price for car with a passenger is about $85
And it sails six times a day
for a weekly revenue on this vessel alone is 1.1 million dollars
and BC Ferries has, I think, 28 vessels. This of course being the largest, so probably the highest revenue boat,
along with the Spirit of British Columbia. Anyhow, I think that's amazing!
What do you think?
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We're at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, and this is a SUPER beautiful park, over 200 acres
D: Established in the 1800s K: ...as a Park
D: So for the West Coast, that's pretty old (Laughs) K: Substantial
Before that though, they had some Native Burial Grounds and things here, so that's cool, too!
D: But you know, it's Sports, Gardens... K: there's a Water Park, there's a Petting Zoo
D: OH, the Petting Zoo is SO great! K: Check out the GOATS
They are really wonderful, we'll show you all that kind of stuff
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Courtney: What are you doing? You're BITING me...Stop! (laughing)
K: He's really chewin' on the hair!
(laughing)
D: Is he going to bite it off? Because I need that hair!
K: No, he's just FLOSSING!
K: He's really going for it!
D: Well, I need that hair!
C: It's fully in his mouth...it's going to be really spitty...Gross!
Dude, Dude....No...
C: Eeewww, it's so......
OK, that's kind of gross, Dude!
Let's not do that!
OK, don't do that anymore...it's gross
...and apparently not good for you!
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His little head is SO cute!
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(crowd cheering and clapping)
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Hey, we're at Fisherman's Wharf here in Victoria and this is like, the coolest place ever.
There's food, there's music, there's tours, there's even a little harbour seal that hangs out down here!
We're gonna head over, and you'll probably see the Floating Houses, and the little Water Taxi
So come on, Let's GO!
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Hey, we could get a snack here....
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It's kind of like RVing
These houses have hookups at the dock, there's your water, power...it's probably 50 Amp
Doesn't say. Oh, 30 Amp. It's only 30 Amp. Yeah
Cable TV
Sewer
and then it all goes to a central spot, I guess...
Just like a campsite. I don't know what the fees are per month here. Do you know?
D: I don't
That's pretty cool
D: It's a pretty big house K: That IS a pretty big house for 30 Amp, they must have solar, or something, too
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D: That was a LONG ways, how long?
K: Round trip, I think 32 kilometers
D: 32 kilometers...
D: It was VERY good, it was a fun ride! K: It was good, it was perfect!
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D: Wow, we had SO much fun visiting Vancouver and Victoria, and we DEFINITELY got our biking quota in!
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