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| VANCOUVER SKYLINE PEGGY and Bungee |
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
GREAT TO BE BACK IN VANCOUVER AND SEE PEGGY AND ALL OF HER BROOD.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW LEFTOVERS FROM THE WINTER OLYMPICS....
SPORTS VENUES, TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND
ATHLETES HOUSING AS WELL AS PUBLIC ART AND BANNERS. THE SKYLINE IS RIVALING HONG KONG AND THEY JUST KEEP BUILDING MORE GLASS TOWERS, MAINLY FOR DOWNTOWN HOUSING, WHICH KEEPS THE CITY CENTER ACTIVE AROUND THE CLOCK.
STANLEY PARK WHICH IS LUSHLY GREEN WITH BIG TREES AND THE SMALLER DOWNTOWN OPEN SPACES ARE ALL WELL USED BY STROLLERS, BIKERS, TOURISTS AND SQUIRRELS (MUCH TO BUNGEE'S DELIGHT).
THE WATER IS ALMOST ALWAYS VISIBLE AND THE SHORE IS PACKED WITH MARINAS AND BEACHES.
I TIMED MY VISIT WELL, ARRIVING JUST IN TIME FOR CANADIEN THANKSGIVING, THE SECOND MONDAY OF OCTOBER AND I JOINED PEGGY, HER FOUR KIDS AND THEIR SPOUSES AND KIDS AS WELL A SEVERAL OTHER FRIENDS AND RELATIVES FOR A HUGE FEAST........ TWO TURKEYS, ONE BBQed AND THE OTHER CONVENTIONAL WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS.
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| BRUCE & JEFF IN THE TURKEY OLYMPICS |
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| SOME OF THE YOUNGER KIDS WHETTING AN APPETITE |
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BEFORE THE FEAST WE WENT OVER TO THE RUSHING CAPILANO RIVER WHICH ROARS DOWN FROM THE HIGH PEAKS JUST NORTH OF THE CITY TO WATCH THE SALMON LEAPING UP THE WATER LADDER TO SPAWN.
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| PEG and LAURIE |
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| JEN, EMME and RANDY |
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| BURMA and BRUCE married last spring |
PEG AND I WENT TO THE RECENTLY EXPANDED UBC (UNIVERSITY of BRITISH COLUMBIA) ANTHROPOLOGY MUSEUM WHICH HAS A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF FIRST NATION ART FROM THE COASTAL TRIBES NORTH OF VANCOUVER TO ALASKA.
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BUNGIE GOT A GOOD RUN AT THE SPANISH BANKS BEACH ON THE MAIN HARBOR WHERE A GROUP OF "DOGSITTING" GUYS BRING SEVERAL VANS FULL OF DOGS TO PLAY DAILY.
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| SKYLINE FROM SPANISH BANKS |
JIM, PEGGY'S HUSBAND AND MY BEST FRIEND SINCE 1958, PASSED AWAY LAST FEBRUARY AND GRANDAUGHTER SARAH MADE THIS PICTURE OF JIM WITH HERSELF AND SISTER JESSICA, WHICH PEGGY CHERISHES.
JIM AND PEG BUILT A WONDERFUL FLOATING HOUSE 20 YEARS AGO THAT IS MOORED IN THIS COMMUNITY OF 4O + HOMES ON THE MOUTH OF THE FRASER RIVER 45 MINUTES SOUTH OF THE CITY.
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| THE VIEW ACROSS THE RIVER FROM PEG'S IS BEAUTIFUL |
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| PEGGY, ME, PATTI, MARK GWEN AND THERESA |
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WEDNESDAY WE MET UP WITH PATTI O, HER MOM AND GWEN & MARK AT A GOOD LITTLE THAI RESTAURANT IN VANCOUVER NEAR STANLEY PARK.
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PEG AND I EXPLORED A PEACEFUL CHINESE GARDEN IN THE OLD PART OF VANCOUVER.
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THE GRANVILLE ISLAND MARKET CREATED IN THE LATE 1980's UNDER THE MAIN BRIDGE INTO DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER IS STILL THRIVING WITH FOOD, THEATER, SHOPS AND CRAFTS. ABOVE RIGHT ARE THE TOTEM POLE CARVERS.
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THEY EVEN HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE FOR ME TO WALK BUNGEE IN VANCOUVER!
FIVE DAYS WITH PEGGY IN VANCOUVER HAVE FLOWN BY AS USUAL, BUT WE HAD A TERRIFIC TIME AND CAN'T WAIT TO RETURN.
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