Vancouver skyline from Stanley Park.
In the park is the "Nine O'clock Gun". It is actually a cannon that fires everynight at 9PM. It is now in a cage but used to be out in the open. The story goes that some kids loaded it up with gunpowder and rocks and fired it right onto the Shell Marine Gas Station and destroyed it. Now it is in a cage and fired automatically.
These are piles of sulfur across the bay in Vancouver. We heard two conflicting stories of where it comes from. One said it was extracted from the Natural Gas. The other says it comes from Northern Canada.
Prospect Point Lighthouse.
Diane with her finger in the wall holding back the water...
Seaplane taking off in the background behind a sailboat that is heading towards Lionsgate bridge to get out into open water.
Harry Winston Jerome, Sprinter on the Canadian Olympic team 1960, 1964 and 1968. He set several world records during his career. He died of a brain aneuryism on Dec 7, 1982 at the age of 42.
Statue of Woman Scuba Diver on Rock in harbor.
Hollow tree (red cedar tree about 40 feet around and more than 700 years old) used in Legend of Sleepy Hollow and other movies.
Peace Arch at border between the USA and Canada. Took this while waiting 45-60 minutes to get to the US Customs station.
Short Obelisk at border of US and Canada. Note on the north side it says Canada. On the South side it says United States and on the side facing west, it says International Boundry.
View over Samish Bay.
Diane is trying to convince me that the area in the water in the picture that looks like straight lines is where they farm Oysters and Clams. To me it looks like a drain. I told her that I think that this is the drain for the Pacific Ocean and when it gets too full, it drains through this.
Boeing plan in Everett Washington. Seen from our hotel room window.
Well, we are back in the USA, staying in Mukilteo, WA. Tomorrow we will drive into Seattle, last stop on our vacation.
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