Can’t believe it. Today Kathleen and I are celebrating 20 years of marriage by taking a two day trip to Vancouver, BC. We have visited here many times in those 20 years as it is one of our favorite cities. We were here last in 2017 with our British buddies Paul and Gail. Before that my brother Steve, his wonderful wife Jamie and our niece Cassie were here in 2015. We used to come here a lot more often before 2006 when we switched out British Columbia focus from Vancouver to Chilliwack because we always had so much more fun with Bob and Judy.

We drove up yesterday (Tuesday) and had a wonderful dinner at Edible Canada on Granville Island and then saw an improv show at Vancouver TheatreSports League (VTSL). We have been going to VTSL for almost as long as we have been married. It’s an awesome improv spot that has in its founding members Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles of Whose Line Is It Anyway? The show was outstanding. We laughed our asses off.

This morning I went out for one of my early morning photo walks. I have done a bunch in Vancouver and it never disappoints. Saw a couple of cruise ships (one Princess and one Holland America’s Volendam) and thousands of teenage girls line up at 5:45 am for a huge warehouse sale. Just crazy.

After breakfast at our hotel (the Wedgewood—where we have never stayed but we LOVE it) we went to see the Vancouver Aquarium. We can’t believe we have come to YVR so many times and never seen it. It is truly amazing. Then it was a nice drive around the Stanley Park, stopped at Prospect Point to take pictures of the Lions Gate Bridge and have lunch at a superb little bar and grille place there.

Back to our room so I could process photos and take a short nap (we are kind of old, you know) and then dinner at one of our favorite restaurants in the world, CinCin. We have had so many great dinners there since we first went with some of our Martini Mates back in 2005. Tonight was no exception. Truly wonderful Italian food and wine.

More tomorrow when I plan to walk the sea wall all the way around Stanley Park as my early morning photo walk, but in the meantime, here’s some pics I really like from today’s walk and our visit to the Aquarium.

Downtown Vancouver from my early morning photo walk

Downtown Vancouver from my early morning photo walk

Canada Place

This shot has NO post production. Strait out of my camera.

I love that early morning light

The convention center.

Canada Place

The people you see are in line for the big warehouse sale

More sale folks

I loved these silhouettes

I loved these silhouettes

I loved these silhouettes

I loved these silhouettes

Three cool houseboats

Volendam arrives

I loved these silhouettes

I loved these silhouettes

I loved these silhouettes

Near Stanley Park

On Robson Street

In the Amazon exhibit at the Aquarium

In the Amazon exhibit at the Aquarium

In the Amazon exhibit at the Aquarium

Jellyfish at the Aquarium

Jellyfish at the Aquarium

Helen the white-sided dolphin

Helen the white-sided dolphin

Helen the white-sided dolphin

Helen the white-sided dolphin

Looking down at the Lion’s Gate Bridge

One of the Lions

We even saw our buddy Bob

The Lion’s Gate Bridge

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time. —Julia Child