Archive | August, 2024

If You Want To See Eagles You Have To Look Up

18 Aug

We left Vancouver by ferry for the Sunshine Coast, a favorite Canadian summer haunt. We dropped Alice with a friend from Bacalar to catch up and give Lisa and me a little va-ca.

Lana and my MIL Alice

The Sunshine Coast is more of what I wanted in a vacation to Canada, tall pines and oaks, fiddle ferns and moss, the cathedral of the great outdoors. We watched the tide going in and out from our room on Porpoise Bay, Seychelt, BC. and walked a marsh full of birds (crows, siskin, blue herons, hummers, mallards, geese). I looked up to spot an eagle overhead. At least I think it was an eagle. Anyway, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Big ass jelly fish.
A little afternoon snack.
One way to get back to Vancouver
Forest bathing at its finest.
Beauty that brought me to tears.

By the time this posts we’ll be on our Alaska cruise with no WiFi. Then on our way home. Stay tuned.

DOS TORTAS

Vancouver

11 Aug
Great Architecture
A Vibrant Noisy City
Gay Town
Lunch
Chinatown
Steam Clock
High Fashion
Curious Sam Kee Building
Christ Church Cathedral
Old Lamps and Stained Glass
View From Here

We have been blessed with perfect weather. Wednesday we leave for Alaska.

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I Wish I Liked Wine

4 Aug

While visiting Sonoma County, California aka wine country USA, it is obligatory, (or so I’ve been told) to imbibe. Almost harvest, the vineyards are buzzing with activity and the vines are weighed down with their fruit.

White, then red, then champagne.
Vineyards everywhere.

We sat outdoors in a beautiful garden and I learned more than I ever wanted to know about what it takes to produce world class wine. I went along for the ride, sipping and sampling. A few weren’t bad.

Almost everyone works in the industry. My daughter’s best friend is of the Kendall-Jackson persuasion. The weather was perfect. Yesterday we went to the coast. Gotta love California.

DOS TORTAS

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