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Birthday Weekend
I had a great birthday weekend! We went to a fancy dinner on Friday and to the Vancouver Aquarium on Saturday. We saw tons of cool fish and a baby otter! I couldn’t get a good picture because she was swimming around so much. They also had monkeys and sloths! On Sunday we stopped by…
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Cypress Mountain
Today we did a fun little hike on Cypress Mountain up to St Mark’s Summit. The view was a bit hazy at the top, but the old growth forest along the way was very cool to see. We had a couple of fun animal sightings too, including a Stellar Jay, which is my favorite. Not…
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Banff
We took a couple of days off over the Labor Day weekend to visit Banff. It was a long drive but beautiful from start to finish. Our first day in the park we visited Moraine Lake and had beautiful views of the lake from atop the Rockpile and along the shoreline. Then we headed up…
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Capilano Suspension Bridge
This weekend we visited the Capilano Suspension Bridge. The main attraction was pretty cool! And so was the cliff walk And the treetop walk. A fun little trip and just 15 minutes outside of Vancouver!
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Sea to Sky Gondola
This weekend we headed up to Squamish. It was a beautiful drive out of the city and up the coast. We were there for the Sea to Sky Gondola ride. Unfortunately it was a bit hazy but we still had some amazing views on the ride up And from the top. They had a cute…
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Botanicals and Baseball
This weekend we took a trip to the VanDusen Botanical Garden. And stopped by a fun bar: the Shameful Tiki Room. We got a tip from the bartender about the minor league baseball team playing nearby and decided to check it out. It was a great game! The Vancouver Canadians hit a grand slam to…
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Stanley Park
This weekend I walked all around Stanley Park. A nice, chill first weekend in Vancouver!
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Bend to Vancouver
On our way to Vancouver we stopped by Mt Hood and the Timberline Lodge. There is a great view of the summit from the lodge, which still has many original features from when it was built in the 30s, including the enormous central fireplace. There were plenty of hikers from the Pacific Crest trail enjoying…
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No Name Lake and Mt Bachelor
Today we did an awesome hike up to No Name Lake at the base of Broken Top. We got an early start and there were some beautiful views of Mt Bachelor and the sun rising, then Broken Top peeking above a field of wild flowers. We had fantastic head-on views of Broken Top on the…
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Crater Lake
This weekend we visited Crater Lake. We had gorgeous weather for our first hike up Garfield Peak. The trail begins in a meadow where a doe and fawn crossed our path and we also saw chipmunks and a chubby marmot (not pictured). There were beautiful views of the surrounding countryside on the way up too…
Traveling Van with a Man 