{"id":707,"date":"2004-07-26T06:14:21","date_gmt":"2004-07-26T06:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/kimberly\/post\/Three-Perfect-Days-Anacortes-Victoria-Vancouver.aspx"},"modified":"2013-01-02T07:07:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T15:07:20","slug":"three-perfect-days-anacortes-victoria-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/three-perfect-days-anacortes-victoria-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Perfect Days – Anacortes, Victoria, Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, this weekend my partner went a bid mad. He decided that we needed a holiday with the kids and his parents… So off we went leaving Thursday afternoon and back on Sunday. Most hotels had free high speed internet access so I was safe…<\/P>
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Day 1<\/STRONG>
Drive up to Anacortes<\/A> via Whidbey Island. Take the Mulkiteo-Clinton Ferry<\/a> over to Whidbey Island<\/a> for a lazy island drive through Whidbey Island. Stop by Greenbank Farm<\/A> or Whidbey Island Winery<\/a> to try some of the local wines. I happen to love the local Loganberry Liquor especially over vanilla ice cream<\/EM>. Continue up Whidbey and stop for a walk across Deception Pass<\/a>. End the day with dinner in Anacortes and then find a nice place to stay. <\/P>
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Day 2
<\/STRONG>Early rise for the 8:15 ferry to Victoria<\/a> (you MUST have a reservation). The ferry lands in Victoria at 10:20 and by 11:15 we were in Victoria checking in to the Fairmont Empress<\/a>. Short stay arranging cameras and unpacking and off to the harbor for a seaplane tour<\/a> (the Mount Olympus Glacier Tour). Wow, what a view.<\/P>
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Back to the hotel RIGHT away to make High Tea<\/a> at the Fairmont Empress<\/a> (also should make reservations far in advance<\/EM>). <\/P>
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(Side note: Can you tell my partner works on Microsoft Project – we had a very tight schedule!<\/EM>)<\/P>
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After High Tea take a lazy afternoon nap and then a dip in the pool… Find a nice place for a light dinner in Victoria.<\/P>
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Day 3
<\/STRONG>Sleep in a bit, go for a swim and then have the breakfast buffet at the Fairmont. After checkout, drive to the Butchart Gardens<\/FONT><\/a> <\/FONT>and walk off the breakfast buffet. If you’re lucky you might spot a hot-rod (94.27 KB)<\/A> convention for a detour and see some amazing old (and impeccably maintained<\/EM>) cars. Take the ferry to Vancouver<\/a> and if you’re feeling a bit hungry I recommend the chips and gravy (i.e. greasy fries with gravy – yes, instant heart attack and on your way to having poutine which adds cheese curds to up your heart attack chances<\/EM>). Head off to your hotel in Vancouver and make sure to make a reservation at Sun Sui Wah<\/A> – the BEST Chinese restaurant I’ve ever eaten at!!! Make sure to get the Alaskan King Crab (see this BEFORE image of the 9.5 pound King Crab (165.38 KB)<\/a>). Sorry, I don’t have the after image as it was gone too quickly (well, I actually forgot).<\/P>
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Day 4<\/STRONG>
Sleep in, go for a swim, have a lazy Sunday brunch and then see Vancouver. So much to do here (Stanley Park, etc.) but we went to the annual Molson Indy races<\/a> (hint: this really isn’t a great place for young kids or older adults – expensive and loud – but still fun to see<\/EM>). Head back to Seattle the old fashioned way – drive (and make sure to enjoy the delays at the border – on Sunday – use the BLAINE crossing if you want to avoid longer delays at the Peace Arch)…<\/P>
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Finish out the day by blogging about it……<\/P>
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For a complete list of the United “Three Perfect Days” articles check out http:\/\/www.hemispheresmagazine.com\/home.htm<\/a>. Just think you can tack on Three Perfect Days – Seattle<\/a> and Three Perfect Days – Vancouver<\/a> for a week+ long holiday!<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, this weekend my partner went a bid mad. He decided that we needed a holiday with the kids and his parents… So off we went leaving Thursday afternoon and back on Sunday. Most hotels had free high speed internet access so I was safe… Day 1Drive up to Anacortes via Whidbey Island. Take the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}