Mike on June 14th, 2009

Kayla and I rented a couple of bikes an rode around the perimeter of Stanley Park (and you thought Lord Stanley only had a Cup).  We had a great time, but we’re beat.
We head home tomorrow.  We had a great time in Vancouver.

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Mike on June 14th, 2009

On Saturday we planned to make the short trek up to Whistler and take in some mountain ranges and glorious views.  When we set out in the morning, Kayla and I both thought this would be a short trip.  We’d run up to the village, eat some lunch and go to the peak.  I figured [...]

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Mike on June 13th, 2009

The lesson for yesterday is to do extensive research when planning a day trip in a foreign country (albeit Canada).  I thought that I had, but apparently not deep enough.
So Kayla and I decided we’d go to Victoria (the British Columbia Capital).  It seemed fairly straight forward enough.  There was a ferry that left Vancouver [...]

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Mike on June 11th, 2009

Kayla and I got up before 5am on Wednesday to start the long trip to Vancouver.   It was a long day, but we had a good time.  Today we’re much more rested.
After arriving shortly after noon Pacific Time, we made our way through customs pretty quickly.  The Customs agent apologized about the “heat wave” in [...]

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