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A Ferry and Victoria, Canada

S. E. Wigget
6 min readSep 23, 2021

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My dad and I drove from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and to Seattle, Washington, in May 2012.

View looking down from the ferry

My dad and I arrived in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada at about 2 pm.

A ferry seen from a ferry

We took the ferry from the city of Vancouver to Vancouver Island (well, technically we were outside the city of Vancouver by the time we reached the ferry). It was, of course, raining most of the time I drove from Vancouver to the ferry. On the island, I drove from the ferry to Victoria.

On the ferry ride, I experienced slight dizziness but enjoyed the gorgeous views. It was cold and windy outside, so even I spent more time inside the ferry than out. On one of my ventures outdoors, a seagull coasted in the sky alongside the ferry, keeping up with it without flapping its wings. Maybe it thought the ferry was an enormous fellow creature.

The gliding seagull

Later, while I was in the gift shop with my dad, I looked in the direction of a window and noticed we were passing islands, so I dashed back…

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S. E. Wigget
S. E. Wigget

Written by S. E. Wigget

Outside Medium, I mostly write fiction, especially paranormal and historical fantasy, under either S. E. Wigget or Susan E. Wigget. sewigget.bsky.social 🌈

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