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For Thanksgiving 2009, Marianne and I spent a week in BC visiting Vancouver, Nelson and the Okanagan. | For Thanksgiving 2009, Marianne and I spent a week in BC visiting Vancouver, Nelson and the Okanagan. | ||
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==Vancouver== | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0010.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival with Mike, Stephanie, Oliver and Hana]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0028.jpg|thumb|left|500px|'Eve' at the Renfew Ravine Moon Festival]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0033.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Marianne at False Creek]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0035.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Buskers at False Creek]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0036.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Walking on the sea wall at Stanley Park]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0063.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Capilano Suspension bridge]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0069.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Capilano reservoir]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0076.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Enjoying the view from Grouse Mountain]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0082.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Grizzly bears at the top of Grouse Mountain]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0087.jpg|thumb|left|500px|View of Vancouver]] | |||
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==Drive to Nelson== | |||
Over two days we drove from Vancouver to Nelson in my parents' car. The weather was wonderful, the leaves changing colour and some snow dusting the tops of the mountains. | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0091.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Squamish valley]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0098.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Sunshine and snow covered hills on the Duffy Lake road]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0101.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Seton Lake near Lilloet]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0108.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Sunset over Kamloops Lake in Savona]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0115.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Kamloops Lake]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0119.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Little red car]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0123.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Three valley gap]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0129.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Rogers Pass]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0135.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Rogers Pass]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0136.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Rogers Pass]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0142.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Shelter Bay ferry across Arrow Lake]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0151.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Ferry across Arrow Lake]] | |||
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[[Image:091013-DSC 0006.jpg|thumb|left|500px|The house in Nelson]] | |||
[[Image:091013b-DSC 0010.jpg|thumb|left|500px|The old house in Slocan Park]] | |||
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==Thanksgiving in the Okanagan== | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0011b.jpg|thumb|left|500px|The view from the house]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0023b.jpg|thumb|left|500px|'Swimming' in the lake in the evening]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0032b.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Getting ready for a group bike ride]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0036b.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Cycling along Skaha Lake in the Okanagan Valley]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0062b.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Cycling over a bridge along the lake]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0070b.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Sunshine on Vaseux Lake]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0084b.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Canoeing (with bicycles)]] | |||
[[Image:091013-DSC 0105b.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Vaseux Lake]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:52, 11 April 2010
For Thanksgiving 2009, Marianne and I spent a week in BC visiting Vancouver, Nelson and the Okanagan.
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Vancouver
Drive to Nelson
Over two days we drove from Vancouver to Nelson in my parents' car. The weather was wonderful, the leaves changing colour and some snow dusting the tops of the mountains.
Thanksgiving in the Okanagan
