In the 1940’s my grandfather, Tom (Trigger) Lee came to Canada with the RAAF to train Canadian pilots as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme. Read More about EATS here… These photos are from his trip to Vancouver, Vancouver Island and to Banff through the…
It was a sunny Sunday and there had just been a fresh dusting of snow in them there thar hills, so we headed up to the top to have a play. The kids ate a tonne of snow and made snow angles while the men…
This has been an exciting week here in Vancouver. We have had our first Canadian Halloween and the kids had a great time trick or treating, and we hosted a party for their school friends the day before which was a real hoot. Also Tamara…
Whilst walking around the sea wall in Stanley Park yesterday these three guys swam up right next to us, perched themselves on a rock and posed for the camera. What a tourist attraction. (maybe they were mechanical ones, that do that every hour) It was…
Up at Grouse Mountain during the week and the cable car was out of action due to maintenance. This guy was walking the wire out from the dock to the first tower. Although he was tethered to the wire, you couldn’t pay me enough to…
Came across Vancouver’s version of the world wide demonstration of young people trying to be heard in the centre of down-town Vancouver. There wasn’t a policeman in sight and they were just going about their business in peace, love and lentils. A far cry from…
Snapped this guy having a kip at the bottom of Grouse Mountain. There are three in the compound and he was totally disinterested in moving for a photo. At least in this shot he had his eyes open…
When we are on our walks we are always on the lookout for bears and cougars. This morning we came across this guy sitting on top of a dumpster and at first we froze in our tracks. It wasn’t until closer inspection, ( and realising…
We were talking to some indigenous locals this week as they were launching their canoes into the water in preparation to take a group of school kids on a trip around Indian Arm. They had the kids in a circle and were performing a ceremony…
Okay, it’s nearly Halloween and it’s time to head down to the pumpkin patch to choose your pumpkin for carving. We loaded up the family truckster and headed out to the pumpkin patch with the whole gang and headed out to Maple Ridge where the…
This weekend we went to Grouse Mountain to have a look around and they had a ski sale where we got some second hand skis for the girls. Great views and we stopped and had a hot chocolate in the restaurant at the top. I…