On Canada Day, one of the things my wife and I like to do is visit the Gorge Road Canada Day Picnic. They close off the street from Tillicum to Admiral's. One thing we hadn't done in previous years was attend the charity pancake breakfast. There was a line, but it was not extreme.
For $5 you get three pancakes and your choice of a variety of toppings. We brought our own maple syrup, from the Wabanaki Maple company. You certainly couldn't complain about the view.
Shortly after we started eating, the Esquimalt First Nation performed traditional songs accompanied by young dancers. I liked the performance and appreciated them sharing their culture with us.
We then walked along Gorge road heading East.
There were many merchants along the waterfrount walkway, food trucks and stands along Gorge Rd, two more music venues, and several yard sales.
There were also children's activities at various points along the road, but the two most popular were the bouncy castle and the musical instrument petting zoo.
As always, there were classic cars along the road for the owners to show off and for people to oogle.
We only spent three and a half hours here. The weather was prefect, but we stopped just after noon and walked back home to beat the heat of the afternoon.
For lunch we treated ourselves with butter chicken curry poutine, from Poutine 66. Delicious!
