Sept. 20, 2016 Departing YVR airport

Sept. 20, 2016 – Saying my farewells to Vancouver as Larra drives me to the airport.  I took a dozen selfies in this attempt. LOL. I saved the one that made Larra look good. I have NOT gotten the hang of this, yet! Larra’s right – I did lose most of my tan during this […]

Sept. 16, 2016 – Look! The leaves are changing! I haven’t seen that in years. It’s time to head back to Hawaii. LOL. I’ve now been on the mainland for 114 days.

Sept. 16, 2016 – It’s different here in Canada. The differences are subtle, but noticeable. Here’s one striking difference; the bicycle lane is next to the curb, and cars park outside of it.

Sept. 13th, 2016 – Walking around Gastown, I kept seeing a great lookout platform towering above the city. So Larra and I walked over, I handed them a pile of colorful Canadian Monopoly money, and they gave us two tickets for the high-speed elevator to the top of the tallest building in Vancouver. It was […]

Sept. 13, 2016 -Also known as Five Sails, for the tent-like sculptures that represent the maritime heritage of Vancouver. The building is four blocks long, and has a hotel, iMax-type theater, cruise ship port, food court, convention center and much more inside.

Sept. 13, 2016 – The steam powered clock in Gastown, Vancouver, BC. It’s really dramatic in cold weather.

Sept. 13, 2016 – The Gastown district of Vancouver, BC. One of the original Vancouver trolley cars. Larra says it’s very similar to the ones her Dad used to drive.

Sept. 13, 2016 – Downtown Vancouver – First off, even though I’ve been around the world twice, I’ve NEVER seen seagulls as big as the ones in Vancouver. Of course, this guy is hanging out at an outdoor restaurant, and is eating handouts all day long. He’s bigger than a chicken – he’s the size […]

Sept. 13th, 2016 – Boy, a day pass on Vancouver transit is quite a value. Not only did we travel from one end of the line to the other, and back again, but we also used it to take the Sea Bus across to North Vancouver. Two megayachts in floating drydocks. The “flying saucers” in […]

Sept. 13, 2016 – If you’ve seen my post about the Art Deco train station in Omaha, you know I’m a fan of trains, rail and stations. So here’s where we got off the Skytrain in downtown Vancouver – the Neoclassical Canadian Pacific Railway station, built in 1914. Wow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfront_station_(Vancouver) We enjoyed the pub/restaurant, too. […]

Sept. 13, 2016 – The Vancouver transit Skytrain. These are completely automated. What’s cool is to sit in the very front. The view from the front seat – everything is automated.

August 27, 2016 – After 73 daus on the road we we’ve returned  Larra’s place in Surrey a Vancouver suburb. We’ve driven 19,000 km, or 12,000 miles. See a summary of where we’ve been – 24 States, 3 Provinces, and Mexico: http://jimandlarra.com/category/where-weve-been/  

July 18, 2016 – Larra wanted this photo of Three Dog Bakery in Rochester, Michigan, for one of her friends in Vancouver, who has a shop with the same name. I had to turn around and go around the block twice before she got a good shot. That’s us in the red Toyota in the […]

June 15, 2016 – We’re on the road! After a leisurely start this morning, doing last-minute laundry and final packing of the car, Larra and I hit the road at 11 am. We drove the Trans-Canada Highway 1 from Vancouver to Hope, then north through the Fraser Canyon, up to Cache Creek, then east to […]

Since I got to Vancouver on May 27, through Sunday, June 12, this is a rough map of the places we’ve visited. Just a few more days until we’re on the road to Kamloops, Jasper and Points East.

When I got up this morning it was cold out, again. Finally, at 10 am, it got up to 15 C (60 F), so I put on my “driving up Haleakala volcano” clothing and ventured outside. To my surprise I saw ducks migrating south. I think the last five warm days that we had are […]

I’ve been a consultant to realtors for years. I’ve seen some profitable and popular markets, but I’ve never seen a market like the Vancouver area. You go to the realtor and list your house on Monday. On Saturday and Sunday the realtor holds an open house. Sealed bids are accepted on Monday and Tuesday, and […]

Jim: Larra convinced me that I had to visit her in Vancouver. In February. Actually, she lives in Surrey, a suburb of Vancouver. Me, the guy that left Key West because it was too cold in the winter. How did it go? Hint: This photo is from Larra’s back porch, at 12 noon on a […]