nanaimo for lunch

given my 'not so varied' diet currently, i don't really mind where we do lunch right now, but even so it did seem a little excessive to go all the way over to nanaimo - on vancouver island - just for mom and dad and liz to have lunch. after a long walk from the ferry pushing joel and i in strollers, they found a cute little mexican place floating in the harbour area with great food - although the lack of roof was a bit of a problem when it started to rain. rather than playing in the park or going for a swim we ended up hanging out in the shopping mall for joel to have his promised icecream while mom fed me. going on the ferry was fun though, although we didn't see any orca. plenty of snacks made up for that though as far as i'm concerned, and joel kept me entertained by pretending to be a bird, by climbing on the railings and furniture on deck, and by being a fireman using the hosepipe. when mom and dad couldn't stand it any longer we went inside and turned joel loose in the arcade while i posed for photos for the japanese branch of my fan club