The road trip this weekend was a success, and except for a short rain on Saturday afternoon, the weather was gorgeous! I left work early on Friday and made my way towards Lorne. It took a while to get through traffic and get on the other side of the city, and the road closer to the coast was pretty curvy (a lot like driving through the mountains back home), so I didn't make it to the hotel until about 8:00, a little later than I would have liked. But, I got checked in to my room overlooking the pier, got some dinner, and relaxed for the rest of the night. The hotel where I stayed, the Grand Pacific, was the first coastal hotel built in Victoria (late 1800s) and was originally only accessible by ship.
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