Of Rockslides and Oceans

We spent the day in Vancouver yesterday exploring Stanley Park. We were struck with awe at the devastation of the forest in the park. So many downed trees from some past wind storms. The hollow tree, famous for tourist photo ops, is in bad shape, held up by some wood pylons and closed to the public. Our trip to Paradise Valley in Squamish fell victim to natural disaster as well. A rock slide on the sea-to-sky highway has closed the only route there for at least 5 days.



We finally reached ocean number two and we celebrated by mingling water from the Atlantic with the Pacific. It was a good moment for us as we achieved our ocean to ocean goal. 2 oceans in one trip, nearly 9,000 km, what a heady thing. And we're feeling it a bit too, pretty road weary. But we had an incredible sleep at the Westin Bayshore, what a hotel! Our view is right onto the ocean and Stanley Park, almost too good to believe.

We had a 20 minute radio interview yesterday on CKNW 980 Talk Radio in Vancouver. That was awesome and our website saw a lot of hits after that. Our next scheduled interview is CityTV in Calgary on Wednesday August 6th. We hope you'll check us out if you are in the Calgary area!






The Festival of Lights happened last night, and we got to see fireworks reflected in the glass of the downtown highrises. Quite the sight.

We are getting ready for a day on Granville Island and are certain to hit the Vancouver Aquarium. What a city this is! Ocean, Mountain, and Metropolitan decadence all in one place. Pretty cool.