Another trip to Vancouver and the West

Half way home after a great trip	'Ophelia', Fairmont Pacific Rim	$10,000, I want it but not that badly	Touchdown	On final approach
Take off congestion	The Lions above Vancouver	Cruise ship leaving	Traffic !	Container ship
Lions Gate Bridge and Stanley Park	On the roof opposite	View from the room	Take off	North Vancouver
Mount Tantalus in summer	Fitzsimmons Creek, Whistler	Car versus bicycle, car wins	Mountain, Whistler	Totem, Whistler
Totem, Whistler	Fairmont Chateau Whistler	Squamish River near Squamish	Squamish River near Squamish	Mountain near Squamish
View from Britannia Copper Mine	Britannia Copper Mine	Compressed air engine, Britannia Copper Mine	Interior, Britannia Copper Mine, 386 steps to 6th floor	Ships that pass in the day
House on Saltspring Island	Saltspring Island	Weather on the crossing	House on Saltspring Island	San Juan Islands
"Ferry cross the Mersey"	Rose, Burchart Gardens	Chocolate Cosmos flower, Burchart Gardens	Fountain, Burchart Gardens	Sign, Burchart Gardens
Fairmont Empress Hotel, Victoria	Sooke Harbour House hotel	Looking towards Washington State	Totem, Duncan, British Columbia	The Kinsol Trestle, 145 feet high, 600 ft long
How they put it together	The Kinsol Trestle, 145 feet high, 600 ft long	A warning on the way to the Kinsol Trestle	Ladysmith, BC, a very pretty place	50th Parallel
Eagle carving	Somewhat worn	No comment is safest	Carving in wood	Windsurfing
I'm a guard dog	I pretend to be a guard dog	One that did fall	Warning	Tofino shoreline 2
Tofino shoreline 1	Everyone wants to be your friend here	The Pacific Ocean, Uclulet, BC	The Big Tree	Big tree details
Nanaimo bar, a perfect lunch	Nanaimo harbour	Vancouver skyline from the Nanaimo ferry	The ferry to Nanaimo	In the ferry line up
Buying fish for dinner with our son, Richmond Fishing Wharf	False Creek condos	Lions Gate bridge	Leaving on a float plane 2	Leaving on a float plane 1
Leaving by boat	Modern transportation and Vancouver North Shore	"Leaving on a cruise ship"	View from the hotel room	Cruise ship from the hotel room
Vancouver Airport	Crossing the Rockies	Deluxe cuisine	For AV, so she knows her bank is at work	One more suitcase, $25 for Air Canada
The packing starts for a 3 week trip