Slept in this morning, yet again and called Aaron. He phoned back after getting out of bed and we had a really nice chat for about an hour. Claire went to meet Johe and now we are waiting while they look at photos.
We didn't actually go out until about 4pm, we went for a stroll through Stanley Park and then down to Steamworks Pub, stopping off at a Tacotime for dinner. We were supposed to meet both Jenny and Darren at Steamworks but only Jenny turned up.
Tomorrow we are going to my Uncle's for Thanksgiving.
Monday 13th October
We got up quite early this morning as we had to buy a $6 ticket to Ladner. We just got a day pass and went of the sea-bus and sky-train just for the hell of it. We went to North Van and just turned around and came back again. We met Jenny at the corner of Howe & Davie and got the bus to Ladner. When we got to Ladner Claire thought she'd seen a bloke that looks like my Dad when in actual fact it was my Uncle! He drove us to his house which was really nice. We went for a walk with Helen and Buddy the dog. We saw lots of farmland and some coal works while we walked along the delta wall. When we got back to the house the roast beef was well on the way and smelling very good. It was the first time in ages I had sat down for a proper meal and it was really good. We had rhubarb pie and ice-cream for afters and then Helen drove us back to the bus-stop. The evening was spent re-pakcing my bag and eating bagels.
Tuesday 14th October
We got up bright and early, 6:45am, in order to have a cooked breakfast before Jenny went to work. Claire and Jenny has fried potatoes and broccoli bit I didn't fancy that so I just stuck to the cornflakes and bagels. We got all our stuff together and then left for the SWAP office. We waited until 10:20 but the post hadn't arrived yet so we had to leave it and get the bus to Whistler. I really didn't want to sleep so I could look at the view but slumber caught up with me and I'm afraid to say I slept the majority of the way. We got to Whistler Village and found Beth's house. She was out jogging so we went and "found" the "Lost Lagoon" then we went back and found Beth. Unfortunately they already had 2 people crashing there, so we called Claire's friend Katy and hitched down to Creekside. They have so many people staying at their place, and now 3 more, including Richard and Ben from our flight. We spent the evening sitting round chatting and Claire and I made plans, almost definite plans, to go to Nelson, so that's the plan for next week.
<these are extracts from my diaries written whilst travelling and working in Canada and the US in '97-'98>
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