The weather has been fantastic for our visit to B.C. Until now, anyway. The last few days haven’t been quite as nice, with cloud, drizzle, and then outright rain. This picture is from our visit to Butchart Gardens, in the Japanese garden. It shows a Shishi-odoshi, designed to frighten away animals like boars. It sort of sets the mood for the rain we are currently experiencing.

We took the ferry from Vancouver Island back to Vancouver, and headed down to White Rock to visit friends (Larry and Heather) we had met on our river cruise last year. We spent the night with them and the next morning we saw a pair of (very large) raccoons in the back yard.

when the rain stopped (briefly) I went for a walk up the Coquitlam crunch. Good exercise.

We are looking forward to a quiet day before we take the train from Vancouver to Toronto. It will be our first train trip in a sleeper, so we are looking forward to seeing what it is like. I’ll provide updates as we go.