Mom's 5-week visit

Trip Start Jul 14, 2008

Trip End Ongoing

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Flag of Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Friday, April 17, 2009

Really ... I'm just uploading photos for folks to see. It did take me quite a while to edit the lot of over 200 photos to the ones that you see here. Please consider this a photo summary.

Should time or my mood permits, I could break these out further and add stories.

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At the end of the Sea to Sky Highway	View of harbour from Granville Island	Granville Island	Lunch @ Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts
Burrard Street bridge in the background	City of Vancouver in background	Pretty flowers	typical marine sculpture
My Chinese family	Some of my work family	A ferry from Victoria	An Osprey with fish
Perched during Sunday brunch	Palm trees in Canada...	Entrance driveway to Butchart Gardens	Self-explanatory
Got a book?	Tulips and English Daisies	Brekkie spot	The Sunken Garden 01
The Sunken Garden 02	The Sunken Garden 03	Marking 100 years of existance	The Japanese Garden 01
The Japanese Garden 02	Walking on water?	The Italian Garden	Welcome!
Orchids in the Garden Room of restaurant	Alley where Tapas dinner was enjoyed	An Arbutus tree	The Empress - a hotel landmark
Parliament building in Victoria	Sunset in Victoria	A Giant Weeping Seqoia	Totem Poles in Stanley Park
really TALL trees	manicured gardens	The Lions Gate Bridge	Sunset as we left Stanley Park
Perched along the seawall	Welcome to Chinatown	How you know that you are in Chinatown	Chinese Gardens
Chinese Gardens 01	Chinese Gardens 02	Chinese Gardens 03	Chinese Gardens 04
Chinese Silk Embroidery	A photographer's assistant	Spring = lots and LOTS of Cherry Blossoms	Whistler
Lacking equipment to board the gondola	Bottom of the run	Stawamus Chief	Your tour guide awaits ...
Tunnel in a mountain	A train in the Canadian desert	Summerhill Vineyard	Same specs as Egypt's Great Pyramid
Stephen Cipes	What better way to enjoy the sunset	Dolphins	Mission Hill Vineyard
Mission Hill Vineyard 02	Mission Hill Vineyard 03	Mission Hill Vineyard 04	Perfect wedding location ???
View of Lake Okanagan	Drive home through the Fraser Valley	Welcome to Gastown	Gastown 01
Gastown 02	All kinds of transportation available	Not an ordinary cup of coffee	West End
English Bay	Found around the city	The Cloverdale Rodeo, Surrey, BC	Bareback riding
Barrel racing	Saddle Bronc	Saddle Bronc 02	Phenomenal training
Bull Riding	Bull Riding	Dinner at an Indonesian Restaurant