Ah, it sure is nice being able to sit on the balcony with a cold beer and a belly full of steak. Wireless Intenet access and a box of oatmeal raisin cookies don't hurt, either.
I visited BC the week before last. I forgot to pack my camera, though it turned out later that it was sitting at the bottom of my backpack the whole time. I'm a little puzzled that the heightened security screening at the airports didn't pick it up. They make you remove all electronic devices and turn them on, plus they swab laptops for some kind of chemical analysis (me: "if you don't mind me asking, what are you checking for anyway?" security guy: "chemical analysis" me: "oooh kaaaay"). The one time they could have done something useful for me, they completely let me down. So I don't have any pictures yet.
We stayed in Victoria most of the time. There was a day trip to Saltspring Island, which is pretty heart-warming if you like hippies. We visited a potter's studio, but he wasn't there when we arrived. However, there were plenty of pieces on display outside, along with a cash box and a sign telling us to help ourselves and leave money in the box. There were even credit card slips with a friendly reminder to date and sign them.
We ventured over to Vancouver on Sunday evening. It was raining. We toured around town all day on Monday. It rained some more. We met up with Ben, Beth, and Orion for drinks that night while it was still raining. On Tuesday morning, in the rain, we decided to head back to Victoria where we rented scooters. As it turns out, scooters are pretty fun. They're like motorcycles training wheels.
Hmm. I can hear the people upstairs cleaning their grill.
Posted by tim at April 21, 2003 07:24 PM