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Had a busy morning this morning as we wanted to get to Stanley Park and have a look around. The weather was very grey and wet so we donned our rainjackets and headed out. We thought we had worked out where to get off the bus but it turns out we were one stop too late; this doesn't sound like a big deal except that the next stop was over the bridge and far away (probably 10kms). So we hopped off and had to go in search of a bus to get us back over the water again. By the time we got to Stanley Park the rain was coming down quite hard and when the map told us that the totem poles were all the way over the other side, we decided we would have to live without seeing them this time and headed back to the hotel.
We had pretty well packed up all our stuff so decided to head off to the airport early. Lucky we did as Vancouver airport was buzzing and there were people everywhere. We decided to leave two of our bags in Vancouver so that we weren't hauling all our worldly goods all over Canada. Besides which, the tiny plane we had to fly on may not have got off the ground if we took them with us! By the time we got through all the lines of people (baggage drop, security etc) we had no time for lunch and had to board almost immediately.
Our plane was late to leave, again, we are getting used to sitting on tarmac. The flight was quite bumpy as there were strong winds and our little plane got thrown around a little. We only flew at about 19000 feet and with little cloud cover the views were magnificent! There was a lot of snow and we got very excited to see it all.
Mark (the one armed, one legged bandit) picked us up at the airport, and whilst his commentary of the drive home really was interesting, the past week had got to both of us and we fell asleep on the drive home. Nan cooked a beautiful meal of cannelloni for dinner; it was so great to have something home cooked and also not deep fried! We got to know all the dogs (Bogey, Annie and Mickey) who are very excited at the prospect of extra tidbits with two extra people around, but the cats remain elusive. Our room is in the basement and the window is at ground level so we look out to a mass of snow, which has got to be the best view for the trip!
The weather has warmed up here and so whilst there is still a good covering of snow, there is no new snowfall, but we keep our fingers crossed!
Highlight for the day: The views of the snow and the mountains.
We had pretty well packed up all our stuff so decided to head off to the airport early. Lucky we did as Vancouver airport was buzzing and there were people everywhere. We decided to leave two of our bags in Vancouver so that we weren't hauling all our worldly goods all over Canada. Besides which, the tiny plane we had to fly on may not have got off the ground if we took them with us! By the time we got through all the lines of people (baggage drop, security etc) we had no time for lunch and had to board almost immediately.
Our plane was late to leave, again, we are getting used to sitting on tarmac. The flight was quite bumpy as there were strong winds and our little plane got thrown around a little. We only flew at about 19000 feet and with little cloud cover the views were magnificent! There was a lot of snow and we got very excited to see it all.
Mark (the one armed, one legged bandit) picked us up at the airport, and whilst his commentary of the drive home really was interesting, the past week had got to both of us and we fell asleep on the drive home. Nan cooked a beautiful meal of cannelloni for dinner; it was so great to have something home cooked and also not deep fried! We got to know all the dogs (Bogey, Annie and Mickey) who are very excited at the prospect of extra tidbits with two extra people around, but the cats remain elusive. Our room is in the basement and the window is at ground level so we look out to a mass of snow, which has got to be the best view for the trip!
The weather has warmed up here and so whilst there is still a good covering of snow, there is no new snowfall, but we keep our fingers crossed!
Highlight for the day: The views of the snow and the mountains.
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