Grand gardens galore Part I

A trip to Victoria, BC, wouldn't be complete without a visit to the Butchart Gardens so off to the gardens my big friends and I went!



The gardens were started by Jennie Butchart in the early 1900's.



Her husband Robert extracted limestone deposits, leaving a big, empty quarry.



Jennie had the quarry lined with soil and started what would become the famous Sunken Garden.  Below is a view of the Sunken Garden behind me.  It was awesome!



There were awesome flowers everywhere!



Smelling one of those awesome flowers. 



And... the Butcharts continued to create more awesome gardens through the years.  Come back for Part II and have an awesome night!

To Victoria!

Canada sure has some spiffy money.



Just look at this five dollar bill!  It has an awesome see-through part with holographs! 



Anyways, my big friends and I hopped onto a ferry and headed to Victoria.



After we arrived in Victoria, we had dinner at Tim Hortons.  Delicious sandwiches and fruit smoothies for all!



In the morning we had breakfast at Tim Hortons.  Donuts and breakfast sandwiches for all!



There are Tim Hortons everywhere.  Probably because Tim Hortons is awesome!

Kinder a surprise Part II

Can you sit on a Kinder Surprise egg without crushing it?  I can, but only because I'm a little man.  If I were a big man, I'd crush the thing to pieces. 



But anyways, it's time for the revealing of what's inside my second Kinder Surprise egg!



I quickly pulled apart the foil wrapper, split the chocolate egg in half, and grabbed the plastic capsule.



Oh, the anticipation!  Could anything be cooler than those anteater stickers in the last Kinder egg?



 I opened it and was met with... ribbons and... a piece of plastic.



Good thing instructions were included because I had no idea what to do with it.  Turned out that the ribbons were supposed to be threaded through the holes of the piece of plastic. 



And here it is!  I'm supposed to kick this thing around or something.  Or easier yet -- just pretend it's a jellyfish.  Awesome!  But not as awesome as those awesome anteater stickers!  

Kinder a surprise Part I

My big friends bought me two Kinder Surprise eggs in Canada.



It's a milk chocolate shell with a "milky lining" (by golly, doesn't that sound good!) and a surprise toy!



Oh boy, oh boy!  I began opening up one of the eggs, carefully separating the foil.



Ta-dah!



I eagerly opened up the plastic capsule to find out what the surprise was.



The surprise was... anteater stickers!  Awesome!  I've always wanted anteater stickers from Canada.  Anyways, come back for the revealing of Kinder egg number two!

Dim sum and Timbits

My big friends and I went to Kirin Restaurant in Vancouver, BC.



It was quite a fancy place.  Good thing I was dressed to the nines in my spiffy green shirt and awesome yellow pants!



We had a delightful assortment of dim sum.  D-licious!  Afterwards, we went to Tim Hortons for a snack.



Warm kettle chips and a box of Timbits!



I dove right into that box of Timbits!  We got half old fashion glazed and half chocolate glazed.  Timbits are basically donut holes but they were tim-licious!

O Canada!

O Canada!  My big friends and I had an awesome trip to Canada!



Our first stop was Capilano Suspension Bridge Park in Vancouver, British Columbia.



Standing next to some story poles and First Nations peeps.



Where to go?  Hmm.  Well, my big friends headed for the restrooms while I waited outside.



Then across the bridge we went!  The bridge swayed gently as we walked across its 450 foot length, 230 feet above the Capilano River.



The bridge was orignally built in 1889.



We then went through the Treetops Adventure and the Cliffwalk.



Ah!  What a fun and exciting place!  We had a grand time!

Crabby crackers

Hidy-ho, awesome blog readers!  What have we got today?  Why, we have Wye River Crab Seasoned Crabbers! 



I found these white cheddar cheese crackers at Grocery Outlet.



These awesome little crab-shaped crackers were priced at a steal!



Once I got home, I opened up my box o' crackers.



After I opened the bag up, the crabs started crawling out!



I managed to catch some of them but they were quite large.



Some of them put up a fight and tried to pinch me with their cheesy little claws.  These crabs sure were crabby!  But I guess I can't blame them, seeing as they were cooped up in a box for so long.