Even though the weather looked cloudy and gray, we wanted to get out and do something with our one full day in Vancouver. We decided to drive over to Stanley Park (a huge “Central Park”-style park adjacent to downtown Vancouver. Nestled inside the park is the Vancouver Aquarium. There were fish, eels, snakes, spiders, dolphins, beluga whales, otters, and lots of people. It wasn’t a huge facility and it only took a few hours to get through.

We headed back to the hotel and then walked out to Chinatown to find some lunch. After browsing around looking for a suitable place that wasn’t too “sketchy”, we ended up at a trendy small place called Wild Rice. We were the only customers in the whole restraunt – but the food was well presented and tasty. It was all served “family-style” but Krissy and I both had our own dishes primarily. She had some salmon and oriental greens with noodles, I had some sweet & sour ribs, brown rice, and szechuan chicken.

Again we had eaten late so dinner wasn’t an option. After another dip in the spa, we drove over to Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club. We took a short break around the corner at a Tim Horton’s to try their famous doughnuts. They were definitely better than Dunkin Donuts, but not as good as a hot Krispy Kreme. Coffee was good too!

The comics were pretty good – but as it usually ends up for some reason, the first guy and the host were the funniest of the whole show. The middle guy and headliner were’nt that good. But it wasn’t too expensive (before we bought a drink anyhow) so it was a fine way to end the night.

Our last day will bring us over to the Capilano Suspension Bridge, and then back to Seattle to fly home.

Our stay in Seattle was over and we headed towards Vancouver. We made a quick stop at a breakfast place highly recommended called “14 Carrot Cafe”. Pancakes, omelettes – all good. Then we drove all the way up to Horeshoe Bay, passing through downtown Vancouver, and driving onto the BC Ferry to take us across to Vancouver Island. After a nice 1:45 voyage across the bay, and a quick lunch on-board, we headed out to Qualicum Beach. Our motel, Sand Pebbles Inn, was nested right on the water. Krissy and I took a walk up and down the beach before we headed into the town center to find some dinner. We went to a small pizza place and Krissy had a salad and I had some mediocre, watery baked spaghetti. Can’t have a great meal every time.