T O D      I N L E T

Butchart   Gardens  

Brentwood  Bay,   BC

May 6th 2005

Heading out from the marina 6:40 am

I even had to wake the Seals up.

Entering the Majestic

 Tod   Inlet

~

Sun Rays

dance across the calm water

from above Butchart Gardens

I was not alone

this 

"Flamingo  Eagle" 

( extremely  rare )

was  patiently waiting for me.

This was the first of several

Indian Burial Caves

Not much left in this one,

 2 Spanish Gold Coins,

Half a Tomahawk, a Church Key

and a Skull.

Hmmmmm

BBQ Duck for lunch ?

This Cave was much more interesting.

A small purse containing

23 silver coins

a pair of solid Gold Indian Salad tongs

from the  Hudson Bay Company

and a very old Visa card.

The Ghostly remains 

of the historic

Fort Butchart

After the Longshoremen's Picnic

These  pillars once supported

the Casino at the 

 Butchart Brothel

the home of 

the Henshall Can Can Show Lounge

named after,

Oh never mind...

We don't have any resorts in this area,

but I stumbled across this one,

it's not in the  RCI  Catalogue,

But

When Price is everything...

It's rated  a     Minus  3 - Star

Rusted Crown

that's below a condemned Motel Six

In a Power Outage.

It sleeps ? ?  , well we are not sure ?

Oh, If only these pillars could talk.

There were many of these Star Fish here,

we asked the locals about them,

and why they were named "Star Fish"

no one seemed to know ?

This Cave looked "Scary"

looked like it was guarded by

some kind of Voo Doo mask.

We tossed 2 sticks of CIL

to widen the opening a little

and this had a

reversed  effect

Hmmmmm ?

This Cave was below the

water line.

Homeward Bound

this was a bonus,

usually I have to add lens flares.

This was a short cut

back to the marina.

Enjoy    *     Doc~

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Sadie's Graph-X

 May 2005

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