Upon arrival to Vancouver we rented a car and drove to Auntie Joanne’s. We were greeted with cherry blossoms about to burst, daffodils, crocuses, and fragrant flowering jasmine as we passed through the entry gates to Auntie Joe’s condo. Uncle Ted had arrived via taxi from Maple Ridge and we had a wonderful afternoon noshing on a catered sandwich lunch from Stong’s. All looked well, vibrant and happy. Both seemed to have lots of energy and they enjoyed catching up on news and chatting with Brian and myself. We took a trip down nostalgia lane and drove around Dunbar, Point Grey and West Van. We also had lovely visits with Auntie Maureen and Auntie Mickie in their nursing homes. Check out my photos.
Surprise Birthday Luncheon
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Happy Easter everyone. I awoke to the sound of pouring rain outside. The Easter Bunny found us in Squamish, funny thing eh? Brian is racing the race of his life today. A 30km on the Olympic Race trail. It is classic style Nordic with fresh snow in the tracks. It snowed 28cm last night. We have no snow in Squamish (only rain) and after a 45min drive up the coast towards Whistler in the Callaghan Valley, the snow banks are higher than the cars. It has been a wonderful holiday and experience of a life time. 
Racing with the best of the best can be a bit overwhelming, thrilling and chance of a life time. Brian’s cross country ski team “Team Hardwood” is participating in this event. Some of the racers have medaled and made top 10 in Canada. A great showing so far. Brian’s claim to fame so far is that he got DNF in his team relay because he got lapped by Robin McKeever a two time Olympian. We are having a great time being here at 
