Vancouver with the Crofts

I've spent the last two says with Paula and Don (Paula being a high school friend of Mums) and their 5-year-old grandaughter, Bella. Yesterday we went to the aquarium and saw the dolphin show and the beluga whales, then caught the seabus across to north Vancouver's farmer's market for a late lunch and did a drive along the shore for some great views of the city and the harbour.

This morning I found a shoe sale and became enamoured of a pair of 8" heels then we joined all of Don's Vancouver rellies on a jaunt up Grouse Mountain where we saw raptors, grizzly bears and lumberjacks. We were up above the clouds with Vancouver somewhere underneath in the morning but by afternoon had some stunning views. I also tried my first beaver tail.

Don's brother, Gary, lives in a mansion overlooking the city and harbour with a jacuzzi, sauna, swimming pool and movie theatre amoung it's million rooms, where we had a scrumptious dinner to end a delightful stay in Vancouver.