Sunday August
11th – Saturday Aug 24th
After a late start to the day
we all did our best to rally round.
Nephew Jordie came round to take Braden and Grant to Wreck Beach for the
afternoon… and Derek and Janice chilled at the camp. After the guys got back in
the evening we ordered our favourite pizza and wings and enjoyed sharing it
with the three lads. It was good to know
that they had a good day. They deserved it.
Monday 12th we (reluctantly)
had to take Braden and Grant to the airport. We had a breakfast with them at
the White Spot, before seeing them off … It was so tough saying goodbye. What a
treat to have them with us for the last few days. The one drawback of this lifestyle is missing
family and friends… thankful to have Braden and Grant here and also grateful
for all the friends we have been able to catch up during our time here in
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| Bye Guys.... sob sob!!!! |
Tuesday 13th was spent getting the
place back in order and cleaned up, and doing some shopping for the week ahead.
Norm and Sue came over from
the island to visit on the Wednesday 14th and we had a great meal
and lots of laughs before they headed back for the 7pm ferry.
Friday 16th
Sue and Praj came over for dinner and we had another great night comparing
notes on favourite wines and places to visit in the Okanagan.
On Sunday 18th we
got the Skytrain in to Yaletown to have lunch with friend Beverly and
afterwards we walked with Bev and Coco along the seawall.
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| Terry Fox Sculptures |
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| Little Beached Baby Seal |
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| Bev and Janice - Seawall Vancouver |
Monday 19th was gloomy and
rainy…so the laundry got done
Tuesday 20th we
decided to take the trip up Grouse Mountain. We had an amazing day. We went up
on the Gondola to the main area and then took the chair lift to the top to see
even more fabulous views across Vancouver and the islands. We saw the grizzly
bears and then went to Altitudes for a late lunch. Felt like another vacation
sitting in the sunshine on the patio looking out over Vancouver and eating
Mussels, Watermelon and beet salad with Ahi Tuna…. Fabulous.
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| Wooden carving of Grizzly bear |
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| On Chairlift |
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| And me!! |
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| At the top of Grouse Mountain |
We drove to Stanley park on
Wednesday 21st with the bikes on the back and rode the seawall route
around the park, not a tiring as expected and certainly lots of fun…so…we did
it again!. Then off to Bard on the Beach to watch Measure for Measure. A wonderful
performance and a great day.
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| A Human totem.... No comments!!! |
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| Janice and Derek... acting like fools |
Thursday 22nd, friends from Derek’s
work days came over and we had a bit of
a red wine session, great company and learning about Buddhism and picking their
brains on the Okanagan.
We spent Friday 23rd tidying up and preparing to get mobile
again, more laundry and then had Mich and JP over for drinks and snacks. So off
out of Vancouver tomorrow to see what the lower mainland and Okanagan is all
about.
Saturday 24th - Leaving Vancouver
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| Packing up to Leave Burnaby-Cariboo RV Park |
With mixed feelings we left
Vancouver, but were looking forward to new adventures. We had already booked a
site at Twin Lakes RV and golf resort and were pleasantly surprised at this
small but lovely RV resort, surrounded by the golf course. We were told on
check in that tomorrow that the roads will be a mess with a triathlon going
through the area… so decided to make the best of it and play golf.!!! We
immediately set up and went to book a tee time for tomorrow. We settled in at camp and enjoyed our
traditional glass of bubbly stuff before watching a whole bunch of deer walking
through the area, we soon made friends with the folk in the next 2 sites (from
Yorkshire and Newfoundland) … and we laughed the evening away with them.
