Blogs from Kerrisdale, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Friday July 12 Bike ride back to ferry from Victoria to Vancouver We woke up at 5 o ´clock in the morning packed our bags and left for the ferry. The first part of the bike ride was downhill so it was easy. The rest was the same as the ride to Victoria, however I was tired and sleepy and well lets face it bike seats are not truly comfortable- I had set a goal to keep up my pace and improved so I was going a bit faster and with more strength. We reached the ferry at 7 15 (2 hours ride, 1 hour less than the way to Victoria. We parked our bikes and went in the ferry to have breakfast. The ferry ride was quiet and we slept most of the way. When ... read more

Congratulations to a very good friend of the Latcar's, and this blog, Dan Huang Taylor, who completed his first marathon! 26 miles of good times we are sure. Anyway, if you recognize Dan on the street from this photo, please give him a hearty handshake. Just don't squeeze too hard--His bones are quite brittle still. Way to go homie! H and C... read more

So it's been six months since we've officially become temporary residents of Canada! And it has been a pretty rough but exciting ride so far. Since our last post, we have gotten new (real) jobs in offices that pay reasonably well (at least, better than the $9/hr we were getting in our shit-kicking jobs!), moved apartments and are now living in Vancouver West about 10 minutes from downtown, said hello and goodbye to some very good friends from Australia (Rohan, Jodie, Christie, Joel, Simon, Emma and soon goodbye to Kyle) and been through the craziness that is Christmas and New Year celebrations. We haven't left the province yet (although Aaron did just fly down to LA with Kyle for the weekend) and we have much unchartered territory to explore, but it has taken us quite a ... read more

My time in Vancouver so far has felt very much like a relaxed episode of Sex and the City. L. and I spent yesterday morning getting massages that A. treated us to while she ran errands. Then we shopped at little boutiques and vintage stores. My massage was given by a Chinese woman. She worked her butt off trying to get my shoulders, neck and back to relax and kept asking if she was hurting me because she was putting so much pressure on them. Today I’m so sore I feel as if I spent yesterday doing a major upper body workout. But it’s one of those “hurts so good” feelings. I clearly carry my stress in my neck and shoulders. And after the last couple of weeks I had at work, those muscles were pretty ... read more

Hi All! This evening we had a delightful dinner with Joan and Mike from the co-op at a BROWN RICE diner up on 4th Ave..just marvy food and left around 9:00 to head home and finish packing. Pouring rain now and to think that only a day ago we were in -28 weather in Edmonton.....where Carol's Mom lives. david took CoCo over to her Auntie Diane's place where she will be staying until we return...my sister Sheila said that living on the "Wet Coast" at this time is like living in a slurpy. Time to go to bed, we have to get up at 4:00 a.m. to catch our flight to Mexico. The next blog will be from Mexico. Carol and David ... read more