Posts from — February 2016

February started and there we were roughing it in a top floor condo in Yaletown. The view was fantastic and the condo was well outfitted for a week long getaway.

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On Monday we took the Sea Bus over to North Vancouver to meet up with our good friends Fred and Barb. We had a great lunch at The Tap and Barrel which is located near Lonsdale Quay. Plus we got all caught up on grandkid activities and adventures:)

For the most part our stay in Vancouver was a little overcast and rainy, however we still went for lots of walks and always had an umbrella at the ready. On one walk we headed towards Stanley Park and about half way around the Seawall. Part of our adventure included finding the statue of Lord Stanley who the park was dedicated to. Lord Stanley was Canada’s 6th Governor General and he was the one who donated the Stanley Cup which was later passed on to The National Hockey League. Whaddda ya think? Is this about as close to the Stanley Cup that Vancouver is going to get this year?

We also found some wild Crocuses coming out, few early Cherry Blossoms and a very large Western Red Cedar tree.

Also, somewhere during the week we found some really big pieces of Lego and built a Vancouver Killer Whale 🙂

The weekend after we got back home Jeff, Lindsay, Zach and Oliver visited for a couple nights. It was great to see them. Plus Jeff helped me set up a Web Page for the Kamloops City Strummers. Check out this beauty http://kamloopscitystrummers.ca/

Then the next weekend our nephew from Prince George/Fort MacMurray visited for a few nights. It was a chance for Blake to get caught up with all his family in Kamloops.

The remainder of February was planning and coordination with Kevin, Tamara, Jeff and Lindsay for our upcoming family vacation to Hawaii in March.

So, stay tuned, March is going to be exciting.

Happy New Year

Yikes……… another year has passed!

January started out quietly with regular day to day stuff; not much exciting happening around here.

Early in January we made a quick overnight trip to Kelowna to look after Zach and Oliver while Jeff and Lindsay headed to Sparkling Hills Spa for a night away.

January 12th we celebrated our 42nd Anniversary. We contemplated going out for dinner, but in the end we cooked a gourmet meal at home, had an extra glass of wine and enjoyed reminiscing about the past 42 years:)

The Kamloops City Strummers continued to practice on a regular basis, plus we played a gig at Pinegrove Retirement Residence.

As far as winter travel plans, we originally had planned to head south to Palm Springs for a couple weeks. But, as the CDN$ sank against the US$ we reevaluated the trip and decided to have a B.C. “staycation”. We figured that Palm Springs was going to be there another year and that we really had no specific reason to visit beyond just sneaking away from the cold.

So to start our “staycation” we headed off to Sun Peaks for 2 nights and stayed at The Sun Peaks Grand Hotel and got in a couple days of snowshoeing. The pool and hot tub were marvellous to soak in after a day snowshoeing?  

After Sun Peaks we headed to Vancouver for a few nights in downtown Vancouver. We rented a Condo on the 31st floor near Rogers Centre and it had a view from Canada Place all the way to False Creek…….. Amazing.

We arrived Saturday afternoon and then on Sunday evening we had George and Tammy over for dinner. It was great to catch up with them both.

More adventures to come in February!