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VANCOUVER!

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En route from Nanaimo (Vancouver Island) to Horseshoe Bay (Vancouver), B.C.
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En route from Nanaimo (Vancouver Island) to Horseshoe Bay (Vancouver), B.C.

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  • En route from Nanaimo (Vancouver Island) to Horseshoe Bay (Vancouver), B.C.
  • One of the other ferries along this route. Spectacular mountains to the north.
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  • Approaching Vancouver. You can see Mount Baker to your right. It's nearly 70 miles from Vancouver to Mount Baker.
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  • I think we were all having a great time.
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  • Time to get back to the car as the ferry makes the last turn into the dock (see where the photos were taken from by clicking the "Map This" button above).
  • We've made land, checked into our motel, and headed up Cypress Bowl (ski area) Drive to get a great view of Vancouver as the sun sets. You can still see Mount Baker rising above the city.
  • Time to get back to the motel and get some sleep. We've got a big day ahead of us tomorrow!
  • Hollow Tree in Stanley Park. You can see the metal reinforcement pipes embedded into the ground to keep this landmark from falling apart.
  • Vancouver from the banks of Coal Harbor (Stanley Park). Can you find Mario? Notice that he is the only one walking in this direction?
  • From nearly the same place as where the previous photo was taken, except that we are looking into Stanley Park here.
  • Lots of brilliant (and delicious) red huckleberries!
  • And salal! These were an important food source of Native American Tribes. In most locales, I find them to be a bit bland. However, the ones we ate around here were the tastiest I have ever had.<br /> <br /> This photo and the previous 3 were all taken within a very few feet of each other. So, in this part of Stanley Park, one can nibble and have a great view at the same time.
  • Totem Park (Stanley Park). Totem poles were unique to the aboriginal Native Americans (called "First Nations" in Canada) along the Pacific NW of the U.S. and all along the coastal areas of British Columbia. Each pole tells a story, either historical or mythical. Each animal depicted is symbolic. For instance, the eagle represents the kingdom of the air, the whale the sea, the wolf the genius of the land, and the frog a transitional link between land and sea.
  • We were lucky enough to see one of the tribal members sprucing up one of the poles.
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