North America Travels

Aug. 19th - 20th, Back in Vancouver

We spent the next 2 days in Vancouver. On our first day we walked mostly in the same areas as 2 weeks earlier (False Creek, Granville Island, Gastown, Downtown), only this time with Uta, Hansi and the kids. In the morning we had breakfast in a "DeDutch Pannekoek" restaurant which was also a very good place (comparable with Cora's). In the evening we had good dinner in a Korean restaurant (Sura) in Richmond. Richmond is definitely a place for further exploration. There is a gigantic china town that deserves to be perused much more in-depth on a future trip with Gongyu. The next day we spent mostly in Stanley Park and the aquarium there. Anna and Tobi are big into watching animals. In the evening we had a lengthier walk in the Main Street / Broadway area and dinner (Mongolie Grill). The weather was good on both days. Vancouver felt much more brownish/dryish this time around. For sure the draught was this time much more noticeable.

On Aug. 21st Margaret, Anna, Tobi and I headed for the Rocky Mountains with the car. It was a cloudy and partially rainy day. We arrived in Golden sometime around 7 or 8pm. Interestingly Golden operates on Mountain time, which I did not know. We just made it barely to the municipal camping ground in time. The place was full but they still managed a small lot for us on shared site for tents. The camp ground is located right beside the CP rail tracks at Kicking Horse river. I slept well regardless but during the morning and evenings the passing trains were pretty loud ...