Hey All.

We had a very enjoyable week with Paul and Sherry. Sue is on holidays and I took the week off. There were several trips into Vancouver. Some of us climbed the Chief again. Sherry gave it a good try as well, making it about 98% if the way. She ran into problems with the bare, steep rock surface near the top.

It's been cool but now it's getting hot. Cool is nice. Last weekend was the logging games where they do all sorts of neat stuff like climbing and cutting. The saws they use have nitro burning engines.

We all went to the aquarium one day. There was so many people there that it was driving me nuts. Don't like crowds at all. We went hiking up a trail in Garibaldi park. You get way up, into pretty wild country.

They kids, Sue and I went for a drive up the Upper Squamish River Valley. We got into some nice rugged country but when the van's drive wheels started slipping on the steep winding roads Sue decided we had gone far enough. No sense of adventure. I guess we need a 4x4.

Ryan and Emily's visit is just about over. They are not looking forward to going back to Ontario air. We aren't looking forward to them leaving.

Built a railing cap for the balcony. It looks better now. You should see the need beams and planks you can get in the lumber stores here.

Have fun,

Doug

Hey again.

There is the west coast train museum here in Squamish. We went through Saturday afternoon. There is an amazing amount of stuff to see. The Royal Hudson is there. You can go into the cab, then work your way back through a bunch of cars all hooked together. There are several trains with car you can go through. Lots of old pictures and equipment. Took us an hour and a half, you could spend a lot longer. Lorne etc would love it there.

We were into Vancouver on Friday afternoon to see a movie. (The kid's idea, not mine.) On the way home we watched the sun go down over Howe Sound. Can't describe it, you have to see it. On that same note, when we went up the Squamish river valley there is a water fall that makes Shannon Falls look like a toy. It cascades down Alfa mountain with several sections being hundreds of feet of drop. The one section must be close to a thousand. There is no way to actually get near it, we see it from across the valley. Several miles away. But the air is clear here so we can.

the doug