Day 50-51 – Last Days in Vancouver

Day 50 – adventures in the rain

Nathan and Jono went and did the local Vancouver ParkRun, the beautiful Mundy ParkRun trail was closed so instead we ran on footpaths, the paths were very slippery with black ice, snow and regular ice sending everyone skidding. Going downhill was particularly stressful with one guy overtaking everyone in the field unintentionally, he lost control downhill on the ice and was passing everyone yelling ‘sorry I can’t stop’. It was pretty dangerous and probably should have been called off but Nathan got a win so was pleased.
Then we relaxed and ate some homemade pancakes. They were delicious.
After this we headed to Burnaby Mountain, there were lots of nice views and was fun to explore some more snow. Lots of people were sledding down the hill.
We then headed to Deep Cove where we had lunch in a cute little cafe and walked around. We also headed to an indoor market and had a coffee and did some shopping.
We stopped by the ‘Real Canadian Superstore’ on the way home and bought some pre prepared pizzas for dinner, at home we had our pizza and chatted and then watched ‘The Office,’ a perfect Saturday night.

Kirsten and I were sad to be leaving the Brayshaws, but due to a booking error with the train we actually had more time with them on the Sunday
We went to church with them and had a great time, it was nice to church with them again and the service was great.
We walked around Fort Langley which apparently features in many Christmas movies, we visited a lake in the local area and Kirsten and Bal did some shopping.
We went to IHOP for lunch, they serve unlimited pancakes there and so we all made an attempt to eat as many as we could. We ate a combined 18 pancakes (Nathan carried the team) plus lots of bacon and eggs so we were all pretty full.
We popped over to some outlets and had a look around, Nathan tried to convince Jono to buy some new runners. Nike should recruit him as a salesman.
Finally, we said farewell to the Brayshaws, a very sad moment and then we headed by train to Seattle on Amtrak.