Very cool - thanks for looking that up. It looks like a lot of this is pretty fun (as usual).

Aren't the gardens in Victoria?

Yes

It's close to Vancouver though. I remember a ferry being involved but it may not have been to the gardens. I was 9.

Road Trip

Ah, looks like we might need a car then... what side of the road do Canadans drive on ?

(and they're really called Canadans, because the country's called Canada. If they were called Canadians, the country would have to be called Canadia).

Yeah, Butchart Gardens is near Victoria which is on Vancouver Island which is not the same thing as Vancouver. A 90-minute ferry ride will be involved to get from Vancouver to Vancouver Island and transportation will be needed from Vancouver to the ferry terminal (about 40 km) and from the Victoria ferry terminal to Butchart (about 20 km). The ferry is a car ferry if you have one.

I'm sure the Lashes know this but better be safe by saying it out loud.

Once again, I was 9. My family was in Surrey. We flew in to the Vancouver airport. Near is a relative term. :p

It is really freakin' close compared to Andromeda.

I know, I wasn't correcting you. I was adding to what you said just in case.