Saturday, Sunday - October 1,2 2011

Left Vernon in the pouring rain which continued for most of the trip to Vancouver. The road was pretty good as it was 4 lane but busy with truck heading to Vancouver. The terrain changed from lake views to typical ranch property.

The traffic got really busy as we approached Vancouver, and unfortunately we had to drive all the way through to North Vancouver as Brenda had picked a hotel on the north shore. The hotel, The Pinnacle Hotel was located right on Lonsdale Key and was very reasonably priced. In fact the hotel upgraded us to a better room. It had a great work out room and a 25 metre pool for swimming. Great place.


















On Sunday we got up and went down to Granville Market for breakfast and a visit. The first thing we did was to obtain 1/2 dozen glazed warm donuts from Lee's Donut Shop. When we lived in Vancouver (way back in the early 80's) it was a Saturday morning ritual to visit Granville market with Laura and Alex and get some donuts. They are just as good as they used to be. We then got a delicious bagel with egg and smoked salmon. A lot had changed over the years as a lot of the old warehouses had been replaced by various artists and art shops.

We walked the sea wall around Stanley Park.




The market at Granville Island






Looking across the water from Granville Island