Vancouver

Here's the long awaited update on our trip to Vancouver. Okay, well maybe nobody besides me was really waiting...

We had a fabulous time! The weather held out okay. It was overcast and cool, but it never actually rained until the day we left. After arriving we went for a walk down to the waterfront and found this fun little playground. Our condo was located in downtown Vancouver and had floor to ceiling windows. It was amazing to look out on the city from the 20th floor, especially at night with all the lights. Kaylee's room had two walls of those full length windows and we put her porta crib right there in the corner. She loved looking out the windows. The morning after we arrived, I opened up the blinds for her after she woke up. She kept yelling "oh WOW!"

That day we went to Stanley Park and to the Vancouver Aquarium. The aquarium was definitely the highlight of our trip. We all had a lot of fun there. It was especially fun for me to watch Kaylee and Jeff hang out and discover each and every new sea creature they came across. She said a lot more "oh WOW"s that day! I don't have any pictures of us at the aquarium because I just had the video camera going the whole time.

Here are Jeff and Kaylee at a spot along the path that goes around Stanley Park. We could look across the water to the big yellow sulfur pile that you often see in TV shows and movies filmed in Vancouver.

We were only minutes from our condo, so we decided to take Kaylee back there for her nap. She only made it to the parking lot before falling asleep:
Later that afternoon we took a walk to see other sites we recognize from some of our favorite shows. The building right next to our condo was used in Star Gate SG1. Below is an art museum which was used a number of times in the show 4400.
We planned to go to the zoo on the way back home, but as we got there it started to rain very heavily. It was good we didn't stop, because the rain continued for the rest of the day. Out here most of the animal exhibits are outdoors, so it wouldn't have been much fun.

Like I said, we had a great time. Vancouver is a lot of fun and it's so close. It's crazy that we don't go more often. Depending on border traffic, it really only takes an hour to get to downtown Vancouver from where we live. We will definitely be back someday!