Today we returned to Canada from the United States. Karen had to go in to work at the Portland office of Icebreakers for a couple of hours. We went in to pick her up from her office at about 9.00 am and then headed in to town to get some Captain Morgan Rum. There is no tax on things in Portland so it's a lot cheaper. We are able to take 1 litre each back, so after purchasing 2, 1.75 litre bottles we headed north.
It was a wonderful day for travel, snow covered mountains on the horizon for most of the way. We stopped off in Seattle for some lunch and to get a basketball singlet for Ian.
Entry back into Canada was a drive through affair. It didn't take too long at all. Drive up to a window, hand over the passports, answer some questions, have the the passports scanned and then returned. Drive off. Very easy process. We were back in Vancouver by about 5.30 pm.
Unpacked, washing on, got some take away or as it is called here take out and we were set for the night.
Tuesday 13 May
Deb and I headed down to English Bay today. We got one of the small community busses that run locally. There is a park at English Bat that has a number of sculptures that are having a laugh.
English Bay is a quiet spot and it wasn't long before we were approached by one of the local tourism ambassadors to see if they could help. Gave us some good local information and some good local places to see. He pointed out a building on the foreshore overlooking English Bay that has a tree growing near the roof. Evidently there was a red cedar tree on the site that was as tall as the building. The tree was planted as a replacement.
He also told us that the penthouse of the building was once owned by Patrick Stewart of Star Trek fame.
After a nice cup of coffee at a local coffee shop called Delaney's we headed to the to the local Safeway Supermarket to get things for dinner. Ian and Karen came over and it was really nice. Unfortunately these dinners are coming to an end.
Only a couple of more days left in Canada.
Deb and Den
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