One Year Away

  Penny

Being back in a big city after spending a few days in the Rockies is a very weird feeling.  One thing is for sure, meals are muuuccchhhh cheaper in Vancouver when compared to the town of Banff or Lake Louise.  Particularly, Asian food!

We have been very pleasantly surprised once again with the Canadian West coast.  Vancouver is a very nice city with a very bohemian and laid back feel.  It seems that there are always people in cafes and on patios at all times of the day… 

What shocked us the most was that there are true beaches in Vancouver and that there are palm trees that grow here! 

Yesterday, we spent the afternoon taking a walking tour around the city and ended up having Sushi at a sushi bar… $20 and we were both stuffed!

Today was more sight-seeing.  We spent almost all day in Stanley Park.  It is huge!  According to a park guide, there is a tree that appeared on the cover of a National Geographic magazine.  It is approximately 30 meters in circumference and over 1000 years old which makes it the oldest red cedar tree in the world…  Unfortunately, there is no path to it and you could not see it from one of the main roads (or trails) in the park.  Of course all that meant is that Joe wanted to go in the woods to search for it!  I entertained his craziness for about 30 minutes but that all ended after I walked through a spider web and  got tangled in it!  He was on his own after that…  I went to relax on the beach while he pursued his quest to see the oldest red cedar tree!

30 minutes later, Joe returned from the forest!  Alas, no sight of the tree!