An early start with some medical dramas. We planned an 8am departure towards Horseshoe Bay for the ferry to Langdale. At 7.30 Chris and I decided there was time for a quick swim and the Kitsilano outdoor pool, but this all went wrong when I fell off my bike cutting my chin and breaking a tooth. So..no swim, but after patching up with Chris and Laura's first aid kit we set off for the local pharmacy and onward to Horseshoe Bay, and we made it to the ferry in Mil...

We met Jerome and Philippe for breakfast - no matter how many times we checked the weather forecast it consistently predicted heavy rain all over Western Canada and the Northern Cascades in Washington, USA. In the end we decided to proceed with Chris’s carefully researched plan A - A long drive south over the Canada / USA border to Mount Baker in the Northern Cascades, and hike up to the Hidden Lake lookout with a view to staying overnight in the fire lookout h...

Woke early for a game of tennis at the beach, Kitsilano before Chris left for work. Spent the morning catching up with admin before heading off in Millie to Mount Seymour. Climbed Dog Mountain (1054m) and Dinkey Peak (1117m). Fabulous views over Vancouver. Amazing trail over exposed tree roots with slabs of rock at summit. After dull morning the sun shone all the way home. To Vancouver Fringe - Cirque de Soleil 'Red b******' stand up act 'What are the rules of...

Arrived in Vancouver and travelled via Skytrain to waterfront. Met Chris at Steamworks. Lunch at Meet. Visit to Wiivv to meet the team and see latest projects. Back to Greer Avenue in Evo car for a power nap. Chris home at 6 - dusk run along Kitsilano waterfront and home to cook supper with Laura and Jerome.

Monday 23rd October - day 34. Half Moon Bay, to Alcatraz Island and San Francisco airport. Time to go home. But first some housekeeping and a trip to Alcatraz. We were up at 6am to spring clean the van ready for return. We had hoped for a swim but a glance at the sat nav told us that several road traffic accidents were causing big delays in our journey to the Cruise America depot. We set off and crawled through the traffic to arrive only a little late. We retur...