Today we decided to get our bearings around Vancouver by taking the hop on hop off bus. It started at Canada Place and goes around downtown. We saw the sights of Stanley Park which we will visit tomorrow and eventually made our way to Granville Island. This has a great market for food and crafts. After looking at some of the shops we had lunch. Mum, dad and Penny had wraps, while the kids has sushi and I had a beef stirfry. Really good food and there was a great ...

Today we visited Hell - Hells Gate on the way to Vancouver. It was about 3/4 of the way on highway 1. Dad said it was a good place to see water pass through a narrow gorge creating rapids. We left Kamloops in sunshine and arrived at Hells Gate in clouds and drizzle. Was this an omen? Sounds like a good time for a joke. There were 2 cars, 8 people, 4 Catholics and 4 non specific beliefs. They arrived at Hells Gate and guess what happened? It was closed. Must have ...