Vancouver - Day 2

Okay – travel report. We left downtown Vancouver and went up highway 1 to Squamish, BC. I know there is a joke in that name somewhere… but I’ll let it lie. The drive to Squamish is spectacular; mountains on one side and a beautiful bay on the other. Everything was so postcard that it was hard to know when not to take a picture. We had lunch in Squamish.

Then we continued to Whistler. If you don’t know where Whistler is, you will in 2010 when Vancouver hosts the Winter Olympics. Most of the downhill events will be there. There are no words that can capture the beauty of the area. The picture posted doesn’t do justice. That picture was taken from the peak of Whistler. Two dimensional images have great limitations. I think “grandeur” is found in the 3rd dimension.

Jeremy’s quote of the day was after Lorri said “this is all surreal”: “yah, even when you’re here you don’t feel like your really here”.

In late afternoon we headed back to Vancouver. It’s really not that far away, however they are doing a ton of road construction to get ready for THE GAMES… so some waiting involved. But the view was always beyond description so we didn’t mind.

Finally, back in Vancouver we ate a Seafood restaurant called Monks. We ordered one meal to share and an appetizer. We let Jeremy choose the food. For the appetizer we had “Calimari” - it’s squid that has been deep fried in batter: onion rings with chew. We also had tuna. singed on the outside and very rare in the middle. There is a melt in your mouth quality to it. It was one of those gourmet meals you rarely get to taste.

Today we will visit the China Town of Vancouver. It is 2nd in size only to San Francisco. Thanks for praying for us.