Hello 2020

Well almost hello 202o. At the end of December on the 30th we headed to Vancouver on a Wells Gray Tour to celebrate New Years in Vancouver. We booked this trip in September when we knew that our travel would be restricted due to my heart recovery. So in addition to using this as a chance to get away for a short bit we are also testing it out to see if we are ready for this type of retirement travel.

We had a full bus load and everything was very well organized. We drove to Vancouver with a stop for lunch in Chilliwack, then out for a play that evening (Miss Bennett  – Christmas at Pemberly) at Granville Island.

New Years Eve Day we had a tour at the Vancouver Art Gallery – Emily Carr Exhibit and then out to Richmond for Joseph’s Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. After getting back to the hotel just before midnight we went to the Wedgwood Hotel to have a drink and ended up in the lounge/piano bar. The piano player was outstanding, he played a wide variety and took requests from the audience; it was a special way to bring in 2020.

On New Years Day it was off to the Orpheum Theatre for A Salute To Vienna with a guest conductor and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – what an amazing show. Then home on January 2nd.

We were definitely the youngest couple on the tour, so I had to take my “patience pills” each morning with how people would move, block door entrances and just in general not listen or pay attention to instructions from the tour director.

Stay tuned for more updates in 2020