Who could be more excited and enthusiastic about going to Victoria, B.C., in spring than an Edmontonian? While people are cycling, gardening and golfing in many other Canadian cities, Edmontonians can expect to be hauling out snow shovels, cross-country skis, inner tubes and toboggans.
Just a 90-minute flight west lies an opportunity to experience spring in all its finest — walking on green grass, inhaling the wonderful mixed fragrance of sea air and hyacinths, and cycling unimpeded by ice and snow.
“I’ve never heard of the Galloping Goose,” my friend said as we walked towards the bike rental place on a floating dock at the bottom of Swift Street. Neither have many others, I discovered, as I later told the tales of our delightful overnight cycling trip from downtown Victoria to rural Sooke.
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