Spain competed in Vancouver's international fireworks competition, but China won the whole shooting match. I'm pretty sure this truck on Granville Island was holding mass quantities of asparagus soup. Harbour tour - there are more [...]
Typical Chinese grocery - the most popularitem by far was multiple varieties ofginseng, use as an aphrodisiac. Dried gecko - showing promise inChinese medicine to fight cancer.Gecko tea, anyone? Mmmmm. The oldest street in Vancouver's Chinatownwelcomed [...]
Who got up early to walk the Capilano Suspension Bridge with no other tourists?We did! There was still a whole lottashakin' going on, although they swearthe bridge is strong enough to hold96 elephants, or 8 fully [...]
Our good friends Terry Jones and Walt Yund joined us at Predator Ridge for a beginner golf lesson. Looks like Walt has perfected the necessary "smooth moves" to ignite Terry's game?! Sparkling Hill is a [...]
Somewhere northwest of Whistler, BC - the guys went hiking for 3 days directly into postcard views! They spotted mountain goats and (smelly) evidence of grizzly bears. From the left- Dan Raney, Nick Raney, Mike [...]
We took the ski lift up mid-mountain and started hiking...and ran into our friend the bear, who was lumbering around sniffing all the wildflowers. He very politely posed for the photo shoot - and then [...]
This is the room that John Lennon and Yoko Ono stayed in on their honeymoon, where they had their "bed-in" and recorded "Give Peace a Chance". Apparently they wrote lyrics and taped them to the [...]
Notre Dame de Quebec parish is the OLDEST parish in North America. Even though the cathedral has twice been destroyed by fire over the centuries, it has always been reconstructed on the site of the [...]
French really is the official language here, but we were able to get by with my high school French, smiling and pointing. There is a beautiful stone wall surrounding "Old Quebec" that you can walk [...]
Prince Edward Island is a lovely spot between Nova Scotia and Quebec, either chock full of summer vacationers or snow depending on the time of year. It was also the turn of the century home [...]
The Citadel in Halifax is a military fortress hidden in a smooth grassy hill inside the city. The British established it to fend off the French, who were seen as a threat to the New [...]
It was chilly and damp at times, so we relished the cedar driftwood campfires. One day when we were unable to kayak due to weather, we hiked 4 miles across the island forest and 4 [...]