Anne's Philosophy Blog

Jeff and I went to Vancouver for the first part of  last week.  We took the  train up Monday. It was delayed a bit, but still it was really great to have a non-car travel option, even though it  took about  4 hours with all the delays to go less than  60 miles.   We got a nice VRBO condo in the Mt. Pleasant district.  Had some difficulty with all the various timed entry lock procedures which was stressful after the travel.  But once we were in, things went pretty smoothly.  I mentioned on  Facebook that Jeff had met a couple at Gruff who used to live in the area so they gave him some good recommendations and basically we followed those. Monday night, we ate Tapas at Como?  and  went to Brassneck Brewery.  Tuesday, we got up, went to Kranky coffee  then took the19 bus  down to Stanley Park  on Tuesday. Mostly, we walked around in trees and finally found the  Totem Poles which were very cool....

  "Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator."  Robert Orben It is hard to believe that we have been here slightly over a month.  The time is really flying by.  The weather is amazing. There's a lot to do.  We are living right downtown so the more pedestrian lifestyle has more than doubled my daily step count.  It has been great to see  Dad again more regular and it has been great to see Kelly's  band and have family dinners  (no pictures of thoses) .   We are taking the train upto Vancouver BC tomorrow for three days.  We can also take a train to Seattle, which we will probably do the few days before I leave for SPEP and my high school reunion and a train to Portland.  We are looking into some passenger ferry options to Victoria and some sunset sail cruises as well  and there's just lots of walking in the  woods that is  easy to access.  It is  very cool having the ability to do all that with...