Today is our last day in British Columbia. Sniff sniff. To make sure that we've seen plenty of mountains, rivers, huge bits of countryside and trees June and Mike took us north through Squamish to various beauty spots. The photo is from the river leading into Brandywine Falls. There was still a good bit of snow around, and some rather hairy "Oh noes I'm up to my knees" moments, but it was all very pretty. We also went to the "Eagle Run" at ...

No photos from today I'm afraid (too rainy to get the camera out) so instead have a snapshot of Stanley the squirrel who followed us around by the aquarium the other day. So yes, today has been a bit rainy. Not letting a piddly thing like pouring rain get in our way, we walked to the Museum of Vancouver after breakfast. Unfortunately it was closed, so instead we had a nice lunch in a little cafe/deli place called Juliet's and wandered back into town. After...

Today we met up with Aidan's aunt June who took us to see some glorious bits of West Vancouver. First up was Lighthouse Park where we listened out for various birds (we heard a woodpecker but it must have been hiding, but we did see a hummingbird) and wandered around a woodland trail. Then onto Cypress Provincial Park to go up the mountain to see what we could see. We saw impressive vistas, a huge sky (HUGE... I've heard people talking about huge skies before ...

After a bit of a chilly and dreary morning the sun decided to come out and it warmed up quite nicely. After our jaunt around Vancouver aquarium we decided to meander around the sea wall at Stanley Park before heading back into the city for lunch. Even though there were big grey clouds out towards Grouse Mountain and North Vancouver (and there was at least one big rumble of thunder from the distance) it stayed dry and got fairly warm so it was all very pleasant...

When you're a grown up you're totally allowed whatever the hell you want for breakfast. Not pictured: the slightly more healthy option of fruit and a small bran muffin. Yesterday we spent some enjoyable hours wandering around to get our bearings, and today we're going to the aquarium. I want to say hello to some sea otters. We've also just booked a couple of train tickets to go to Seattle at some ungodly hour tomorrow morning to visit one of the hubby's work...