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12 Days of Family Road Trip: Part 2

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July 25 Trip: Sooke to Victoria, 45 mins Activities: Whale Watching, Fisherman's Whaft Park, Victoria waterfront walk After two days of driving, we finally got to do something exciting: Whale Watching! We booked a 3.5 hrs with Eagle Wing Tours. The cool thing about this company was there were a few boat options you could pick from. Because of the little one, we picked the boat with a semi-covered boat. Eagle Wing semi-covered tour boat Surprisingly, this was a full 50-person tour. I was glad we booked it ahead online. Front of the boat The weather couldn't be better. It was warm, with some cloud coverage. Awesome for taking pictures. I didn't know what to expect, but I was delighted there were multiple tour guides who explained to us what to look for and helped us understand the marine ecosystem. Definitely better than watching Octanauts (a kid cartoon) From all the excitement on the boat, it was rare to see these many humpback whales this close. I felt lucky! Here was an o...