One Afternoon in Victoria

History is our story but the people that carry out historical events have come from their own cultures, their own families and their own belief systems.

An afternoon at the Royal BC museum for the Gold Rush! El Dorado in BC to learn about that history was fun and fascinating. Before getting into the history of the Gold Rush, including other global gold rushes, we started with the jewelry from history. Part of the history was the from beginnings of recognizing the value of gold, different methods of mining, panning and working with gold.  Any gold rush was violent, rough and daring. Interracial tensions were a great part of the violence. The driving search for gold was for something better, to be someone more, and to struggle against the elements, mountains and streams and win or die.

An interesting development at the Royal BC Museum is the ability of children and adults to touch and handle certain items. Touching and holding a brick of gold, a nugget of gold and feel the weight of gold is almost, if I let my imagination go, almost, like dipping my hand into a treasure chest. But my imagination was kept in check by a gold rush game, similar to Snakes and Ladders, for children I’m sure, but as responsible adults we played the game and approved of it. Then it was on to musical instruments and The Oscar! A Grammy!

We did take a break for lunch in the Food Cart area behind the Museum. An amazing summer day for eating outside - food carts that sold pulled pork, fish tacos, New Orleans Muffuletta, and quesadilla’s satisfied our hunger. Finishing with a careful tour of the gift shops in the Museum, we walked our tired and satisfied selves home.

It was a good day!

Four on a weigh scale is much better than one!

“I believe in the Golden Rule. The Man with the gold…Rules”
~ Mr. T.