And She Returned Much Bigger And A Bit Disoriented

I've been to Vancouver once before, when I was 20. My mom and I took a weekend trip for my 20th birthday which was awesome, but short. This trip was much longer and much better since we had such an experienced tour guide in CanaMa. We liked it so much we spent he last two days driving around looking at "For Sale" signs and wishing we made more money. Houses in Vancouver are expensive! But I digress. The best part about the trip was spending time with CanaMa in her new environment. She's been there for 8 months now and it was hard not being able to picture her when we spoke.

It really sucks being back in Texas. Everything feels foreign here now. It's a feeling akin to being uncomfortable in your own skin. Our goal is to get to Vancouver or hella close to it (maybe washington state?) in the next couple of years.


Here's the slideshow.
Most of the boat, seaplane, and water pictures were taken from CanaMa's windows. She's on the corner of her building and two entire sides of her place are all windows. It's absolutely breathtaking.


Some trip highlights:
1. Ellis gained a Canadian fairy godmother (the one with her hand on my belly), yay!! More about her later.

2. CanaMa got her ears pierced after 55 years of swearing up and down that she'd never ever, ever, ever, put holes in her body.

3. Kent rode the North Shore trails that he's been talking about riding since I met him. Trails you can see from CanaMa's living room.

4. Waking up to the mountain sunrise.

5. Canadian people really are as nice as you think. Whenever someone asked where we were from they said two things. "Oh really, you don't have an accent" and "Gosh did you get any damage from the hurricane?"

6. Getting my hair colored (red!) by my mom's stylist, with a new type of color that uses no amonia and is perfectly safe for me to use. She's due two weeks after I am.

7. Getting a spa pedicure and meeting my ankles again for the first time in months after the amazing foot/ankle/calf massage that went along with it. (Seriously, all the swelling just dissapeared like magic.)

8. Being surrounded by raw natural beauty every where I looked.

9. The food. Good Lord all the food.

10. Spending half days alone with my husband on our last adults only trip for a loooooong time.

11. Leaves bigger than my head are everywhere. I've never seen leaves so huge.