We decided we wanted to see some of the big city life of Vancouver. So we walked over to the local drugstore to buy a bus pass for the day and proceeded to take the bus to a place that was recommended called Granville Island. The island apparently used to be a sandbar and has been developed into a nice area in the middle of the city with some quirky shops, great restaurants, and a really beautiful market. We walked around for a while and browsed the shops and drooled at the desserts and fruit tarts at some of the market stands. Yum
We got hungry and decided to sit down at a nice restaurant and have some seafood. We chose a seafood bisque, bread and a huge juicy lobster. The grin on Kathy’s face was priceless.
We browse around a bit more, watched a local juggler perform his show, and then headed back to the bus so we could let the puppies out of there, campground hotel. It’s always interesting walking in riding around in a big city. There is so much to see, and so much to question.
We had planned to go back into town for the evening, but after the excursion for the day, we just decided to hang out at the campground and enjoy the evening. The next morning we packed up, did some laundry, filled all the reservoirs, emptied all the reservoirs, and then took Howie downtown so we could see the gastown area. The driving in the city wasn’t too bad, but it took us a bit to find parking. And what a colorful area it was where we found to park.
Kathy walk around Gastown to see the famous steam clock. Which it turns out wasn’t working, and as we were taking pictures, a crew came up and placed temporary signs on it and started tearing it apart. We found a nice little bar had a couple of drinks and watch the wildlife. Cities are definitely an interesting collection of people, activities, and deprivations. We made it back to the camper to let the dogs out. Zuzu had to go, but Maggie said, not here, no way! We headed out of town.
I was planning on finding a place to camp for one last night in Canada before crossing the border, but the border lines were actually a five minute wait, so we just headed straight for the border. We had had a really good breakfast where I cooked the sausage, mushrooms, bacon, potatoes, and peppers and made a frittata. We knew that we couldn’t bring eggs, some dairy, and some veggies across the border so I figured if I cooked them, we could eat the leftovers for the next couple days.
The border was a simple thing, and we were honest, and said that we had tomatoes, potatoes, some peppers, some corn, etc. Well that got flagged and we had to go visit the border and customs enforcement. There were a bunch of ICE folks running around as well handling the immigration and we waited. The agent searched the truck, and then I had to move the dogs into the cab, so they could search the camper. They found our avocados, tomatoes, and potatoes and confiscated those. Apparently of the dairy and creamer was not an issue. It cost us about an hour getting through the border, but now we’re back in the USA.
This is a pretty developed area, so we found a casino that charged $20 for their RV lot. We of course donated to the casino a bit, and had a OK dinner at the burger joint there. But now we’re back in the USA, and heading out to the islands in the Puget sound.
Here are some additional photos from the past few days.
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