Today we slept in until 8AM. It was delicious. We found a church within 4 blocks of our motel (!). And attended fast and testimony meeting. It was a wonderful meeting. One testimony in particular will stay with me for a long time. It was a very lucid 90 year old man who recounted all the scares of his lifetime (which included WWll), and pointed out that we often worry about very trivial things, that when looked at in the perspective of eternity, are unimportant. He told us not to worry, that everything is going to be OK. We just need to pay attention to our spirituality, and let the spirit testify to us that God is over all, and he knows our concerns. It was a great message. Everything will be OK, because of the atonement of Jesus Christ. After church we visited Butchart Gardens, which is an amazing place. It is probably the most uplifting place I have ever seen, besides inside the temple. It is utterly peaceful and so so so beautiful. The flowers and landscaping are as you could only dream about. Perfectly manicured beds of delightful flowers. It takes your breath away. Mom would love this place. She'd go crazy here taking notes and making lists of this and that yard idea. We then picked up our bikes and rode to the ferry. Victoria is a European type city with a very cool downtown They have bike paths everywhere, and people are very corteous and nice. We could have spent a week here. We took the ferry to Port Angeles and are now back on US soil. Kind of boring after Canada. Tomorrow we plan to go 90 miles to Kalaloch, a little place 35 miles past Forks. On the way we go through the Olympic rain forest, and the forecast calls for.....rain. Anyway, it should be beautiful. As Tye would say..ta ta for now.
--Richard
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