A very big day

Preface:

After a short stint at the hotel to recharge, blog etc. we headed out to dinner. we were hoping to get some fish and chips at this little stand on the wharf. As soon as we headed to stand in line, we were told they were closing for the night. Bummer. We went across the street to a nice restaurant that also served fish and chips. We ate them with delight and then quickly got to the meeting spot for our ghost tour! Our tour guide gave us the phantasmal history of downtown victoria and walked us about the streets telling ghost stories and pointing out buildings of note. We didn't take it all too seriously, but some kids in our group thought it was just about the coolest thing, so it made it fun to play along. It was a nice brief history of victoria with a little bit of ghost story mixed in. Had it not been for the cheesy light up wal-mart skulls in the last room, it might have been a bit scary. We headed back and called it a night.

Chapter one: Emily's Point of view.

We got up this morning and headed out to breakfast at Mo:le which Jeff claimed was the best breakfast he ever had. Mine was good too. Then we drove west on a small highway toward point renfrew, which is one of the furthest points on the island and we heard had beautiful views. We got most of the way there and then saw another hiking spot and decided to stop for a small hike. which turned into a long hike. It was beautiful forest and a lovely trail out to a rocky beach. It was beautiful the whole way there, but as we turned to head back, we realized it was past lunchtime, we were pretty hungry, had no water, poor shoes and a pretty long hike back. The return hike actually went pretty fast but by the time we got back to the car we were starving and there were no lunch places nearby. Jeff suggested that we go on to point renfrew but we went back the way we came. Thankfully we found a tiny little inn/restaurant after a few minutes and stopped for lunch. Lunch was good. On the way out Jeff asked the receptionist if we could access their private beach and he gave us the code. We walked the hill down a little way, even though my feet were kind of tired- i figured we'd only be there for a little bit. The beach was totally empty except for us, the fog had rolled in. it was beautiful. Jeff got out his camera and took some pictures and then pulled out something else. a ring. He got down on one knee and proposed. and I said yes.

Chapter two: Jeff's Point of view

Well it was the day I had been planning and scheming for a long time. No pressure right?Breakfast really was the best. If you ever get to Victoria, eat at Mo:le. Period. My plan was too get out as far away from everything as we could, and point renfrew was the place. As we drove out we found the trailhead for a short hike. I figured we'd do this, drive a ways and then get to point renfrew. Well, the hike turned out to be a pretty big endeavor. I knew we weren't going to be heading on. The beach was beautiful, the hike was good. I didn't have the ring. I had left it, thinking we would be going on. The entire hike back i was running through contingency plans, places, things to do etc. I had nothing. When we found the restaurant, things looked up. We casually leafed through their pamphlet, which said they had a private beach. Bingo. I rallied emily to come down to another beach, another little hike. We got to the beach and I moved the ring from my camera case to pocket. We were alone on a beach as far from home and other people as we could get. I told her how much i loved her, then said some things that probably sounded like gibberish, then got to my knee and pulled out the ring. Then she said the one thing I had been hoping for months: Yes.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR CONGRATS AND WELL-WISHES! we're off to our celebratory dinner, love you all.