The Adventures of Tom and His Mom in Vancouver
My friend Tom and his mom came to visit a couple weekends ago during BC Day weekend. Since they were only here for a couple days, it was a whirlwind visit. It was like doing a tour of Vancouver on crack. Tom tells me that there's a blog called Caroline on Crack whose author is considered the definitive source for L.A. hotspots and that I should do something similar, but call it Michelle on Meth.
It was a crazy weekend with tons of people out, more than I had ever seen before of all the times I've been to these touristy places. Parking was completely full but amazingly we somehow managed to score a great parking spot everywhere we went. Thanks to Tom's mom I had the opportunity to try some really interesting and exotic fruit. I have no idea what the names of them are except for the jack fruit I did try, but you can find some pictures posted in my gallery.The jack fruit is especially pungent, but good and I wonder if I would enjoy durian despite its smell.
The last thing we did was go to Grouse Mountain. Tom did the Grouse Grind in a little over an hour, but I decided to try the "easier" BCMC trail up the mountain. It wasn't a cake walk as I had thought it would be. Although it might not have been as steep as the Grind, it was still quite challenging. The BCMC trail is not very well marked and you can easily get lost merging with another trail, which happened to me. Fortunately I ran into some folks who directed me back the right way. Two and a half hours later I finally made it up the mountain. Tom who so patiently waited for me was able to find a way to get us back down the mountain without having to wait over an hour in line for the gondola ride back down. I think I'll stick to the Grind from now on.
Captain Tom cruising the waters of False Creek.
It was a crazy weekend with tons of people out, more than I had ever seen before of all the times I've been to these touristy places. Parking was completely full but amazingly we somehow managed to score a great parking spot everywhere we went. Thanks to Tom's mom I had the opportunity to try some really interesting and exotic fruit. I have no idea what the names of them are except for the jack fruit I did try, but you can find some pictures posted in my gallery.The jack fruit is especially pungent, but good and I wonder if I would enjoy durian despite its smell.
The last thing we did was go to Grouse Mountain. Tom did the Grouse Grind in a little over an hour, but I decided to try the "easier" BCMC trail up the mountain. It wasn't a cake walk as I had thought it would be. Although it might not have been as steep as the Grind, it was still quite challenging. The BCMC trail is not very well marked and you can easily get lost merging with another trail, which happened to me. Fortunately I ran into some folks who directed me back the right way. Two and a half hours later I finally made it up the mountain. Tom who so patiently waited for me was able to find a way to get us back down the mountain without having to wait over an hour in line for the gondola ride back down. I think I'll stick to the Grind from now on.
Captain Tom cruising the waters of False Creek.
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