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So, our cross country train trip to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary is over...and we're still married! LOL! And, I did tell you it was completely free, right? Used my Via Preference Points for the... read more...
The trip home was uneventful. It looked like Art took more pictures from the aircraft than from the ground, so now we have overhead shots of the mountains too!
Nothing out of the ordinary happened on the... read more...
As I mentioned in a previous post, our hotel room was set off the main hotel, in a smaller section called The Courtyard. It contained a small, gated area, accesible only by hotel key card.
Here's Art... read more...
Well, we have completed our last day of our trip. Tomorrow we fly home and back to reality.
We went to Canada Place, hoping to catch up with our bus tour, but no luck. We waited from 10:30 until 11:15... read more...
We spent several hours at the Capilano Suspension Bridge. It was nice just to spend time outdoors and enjoy Mother Nature.
There were lots of totem poles here too.
Of course Huey came along!
This... read more...
It was really nice to disembark in Vancouver and see all the beautiful flowers. Here's a sampling.
Well, we arrived in Vancouver right on time. Took all of our belongings and headed to our hotel. It was only 10:30 a.m. so we didn't think we would get a chance to check in, but we thought we would just... read more...
Stanley Park is Vancouver's version of Central Park. A nice, safe, embracing place. We could easily have spent a whole day enjoying the park, but we were short on time. We did make sure to stop and see... read more...
We didn't have a lot of time to spend in Vancouver, but we did manage to get to Canada Place and Stanley Park. We were also able to get some nice shots of the city from Stanley Park.
This is a picture... read more...
Well, I am posting this a few days late because of internet access problems, not only on the train, but at the hotel as well. Luckily, I brought my computer technician with me on this trip and he was able... read more...
Well, it is Thursday evening and we are back in our compartment for the night. Tomorrow we are going to have breakfast a little later and then we should arrive in Jasper for a 90 minute stopover. Finally... read more...
