Tripping with MikenJudy 2012: Vancouver, BC, Canada

Hi everyone, after four days we arrived at Vancouver, Canada, a beautiful modern coastal seaport city of 600,000 people. The 2010 Winter Olympics were held here and at Whistler (our next stop). We followed the advice of our favorite foodie, Guy Fieri, and had dinner at the Peaceful Restaurant that he recommended on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. It was a small Chinese restaurant where their specialty is making their own noodles. The food was excellent – he has never let us down with his recommendations. We enjoyed an appetizer, a soup, and a chicken with veggies dish. All were good, the chicken dish being the best. When we walked into the restaurant, it was full, mainly with Asians. I think we were the only ones using forks.

We drove to and through Stanley Park, which spans 1,000 acres and is just north of downtown. The trees are so green and there are beaches and trails to walk.

This is our first long trip with the fifth-wheel and we learned something that we never experienced before. Mike had wrapped a rug in plastic, to be used outside the front door of the rig. He had it in the open bed of the truck and changed its placement when he noticed the plastic was fluttering out of the bed. At our next stop, he noticed it had flown the coop and we never noticed anything. Now we are without an outside rug.

The weather has been fantastic. As we traveled north, the temperature progressively got cooler and cooler. It is in the 60’s during the day and the 50’s at night. Yes, we use the heat in the evening to take the chill out of the 5^th wheel.