Vancouver

---

In all my previous trips to Vancouver, I have never made it to Granville Island so I was quite pleased that we decided to check it out. Granville Market is on a small island in the heart of the city. It is a collection of industrial buildings that have been converted to shops and restaurants. The Emily Carr University for the arts is also on the island and sets the theme for what you will find there.

We visited a fresh food market with seafood delicacies I didn't recognize, a booth offering "wild" produce and another touting a breakfast cereal named "Holy Crap". We visited a shop where they produce hand-made brooms and one where totem poles are made. There were numerous stores offering objets d'art, both local and from around the world.

We stopped at the Granville Island brewery where Mark and Sam tasted samples of the different beers served in tiny 4 oz. glasses.

My favorite oddity was the scuba diving frog.

In the evening, we went to Mark and Larenda's place for a BBQ. While we were relaxing after dinner, a deer wandered into their yard to eat the rose bushes.

---