The bluest skies you'll ever see are in Seattle... No rain at all today! No clouds even- very, very lucky for this time of the year. I think the maximum temperature for tomorrow is about -2 or something ridiculous. Today it was about 6 degrees I think, which sounds freezing but it was actually really nice. I didn't end up going to the dead bodies anatomy display thing, because I figure I see enough of them without having to pay $20 to do it, so I went up the spa...

Snow was witnessed for the first time yesterday! I somehow managed to haul my body out of bed at 6am, totally missing the free hostel breakfast because I was that early (bummer) and get down to the sea bus by 7. The sea bus, which is a type of ferry carted me and 400 other freezing Vancouverites to North Van, where I proceeded to board the #236 bus (I'm like a local with the transport there, it's amazing) up to Grouse Mountain. The gondola from the base of Grous...