After arriving in Vancouver on Sunday, we setup for the first time in months. Everything went reasonably smoothly, except of course, for the satellite alignment. As one of the neighbours said while he was trying to find a signal, getting the satellite set up is probably the number 1 cause of divorces with RVers. But, we found out that you can get a picture with 27% signal. Fortunately, with a repositioning, and a power bump on the receiver, we were able to get the signal up around 80%.
On Monday, we took it easy, with just a stroll around the RV park, checking out the various units located here. This is a much bigger park than the one we stayed at in Victoria.
Tuesday, we had our GPS guide us into Metropolis at Metrotown, the largest mall in Vancouver. After wandering around the shops for a few hours, but not buying anything, we had lunch in the food court, both choosing to have a quarter chicken dinner at Nandoo's. It was very good, and we even picked up a bottle of their garlic sauce to take with us.
Wednesday, we spent a few hours at the Capilano Suspension Bridge. They have done a really nice job, with several walks through the rainforest and along the edge of the canyon, with many informative signs.
Thursday, we walked through the Serpentine Fen marsh area near the RV park. There were only a few birds in the marsh.
Good Friday morning, we walked the length of Crescent Beach. This was a really interesting walk along the edge of the mud flats between the Roberts Point Peninsula and White Rock. There weren't as many shore birds as expected, but we did see 3 herons. The tide was low, so it was possible to walk a long way from shore. In the muddy area, along with the eel grass, there were a lot of different types of shells, most empty, but the further we got from the high tide line, the more it looked like there might be creatures still in the shells. In addition to the common clam shells, there were a few pectins and some thin conical shells. It was difficult to avoid stepping on them in the damper areas. We parked ourselves on one of the many driftwood logs along the high-tide line to enjoy a lunch of peanut butter sandwiches on bread made in our bread maker.
On Easter Sunday, after Joan put our scalloped potato dish into the slow cooker, we went for a walk around Redwood Park in South Surrey. After the area had been logged many years ago, twin brothers planted trees from all over the world. There are giant sequoias, redwoods, walnuts, maples, several types of firs, oaks and cedars.
In the morning the sky was clear and we were able to see Mount Baker, one of the few times this winter that there haven't been clouds covering it. On our way back from the park, we stopped at McD's for some triple-thick milkshakes which we enjoyed on their patio.
Later that day while relaxing in the trailer, we had a visit from the Easter bunny. A small rabbit was nibbling on the flower stems behind the RV next door to us.
On Tuesday we packed up the trailer again, and travelled through the Fraser Canyon to Kamloops. The weather was good for travelling, not too cold and bit overcast, so not as warm as the last couple of days in Vancouver, when it got up to about 20C.
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