I love this town, Vancouver BC

[easyrider]

 

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[middleoforchid]

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I live in the suburbs of Vancouver but have never seen this bldg, will go downtown to see it on the weekends. Happy to know that you are having a good time here.

 

[PamMo]

I love your photos, @easyrider! Vancouver is such a beautiful city.

 

[easyrider]

I love your photos, @easyrider! Vancouver is such a beautiful city.

Yes it is. We are lucky as the trees are beginning to change colors. There are so many food options here. We have been hanging out in Yale Town the last couple of evenings. We kind of like Yale Town better than Gas Town for restaurants and bars.

Bill

 

[easyrider]

In all of my visits while our daughter was in school never accosted by panhandlers. It has been a few years since I've been there though.

@easyrider if you haven't gone already be sure to visit the Museum of Anthropology on the UBC campus.

We made it over to the MOA yesterday at about 10 am. Sheila was doing tours so we lucked out and had one of the semi retired professors showing us the exhibits for hours. Some of the staff came out to see a picture I had that generated a bit of excitement. They think they know the family that carved our comercial pole in the 50's. Off the get go I was told I painted it in colors that are not authentic but that was ok as I was close. I painted this 35 years ago so kudo's to Benjamin Moore. It was an interesting day. Thanks for the suggestion.

Bill

 

[easyrider]

This is our pole which was traded to us for work on a commercial project about 40 years ago. I had sent pictures of this to UW anthropology and received a letter from their department saying it was a commercial pole of unknown artist but the style looked Tlingit from SE Alaska. Yesterday the MOA said it was a commercial pole and because of it's age and the wing it was likely carved right after the moratorium that prevented the First Nation people from cultural norms such as carving poles. The carver placed the wing on this possibly to make the pole a Christian Cross to signify his identity as Christian. It really was an interesting day having experts mull over our pole. They want more pictures front and back.

Bill

 

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[djyamyam]

Since you like art, you should check out the the A-maze-ing Laughter statues in English Bay right by Davie/Denman street

A-maze-ing Laughter | Vancouver Biennale

Title: A-maze-ing Laughter Artist: Yue Minjun (b. 1962, China) Medium: 14 patinated cast-bronze figures Dimensions: 259 cm (102 in) tall Weight: 250 kg (551 lbs) Location: Morton Park (Davie Street and Denman Street) at English Bay in Vancouver A-maze-ing Laughter is the most beloved sculpture...

www.vancouverbiennale.com

We always get a kick out of them when we're there visiting

 

[easyrider]

Since you like art, you should check out the the A-maze-ing Laughter statues in English Bay right by Davie/Denman street

A-maze-ing Laughter | Vancouver Biennale

Title: A-maze-ing Laughter Artist: Yue Minjun (b. 1962, China) Medium: 14 patinated cast-bronze figures Dimensions: 259 cm (102 in) tall Weight: 250 kg (551 lbs) Location: Morton Park (Davie Street and Denman Street) at English Bay in Vancouver A-maze-ing Laughter is the most beloved sculpture...

www.vancouverbiennale.com

We always get a kick out of them when we're there visiting

We did see these while riding ebikes along the seawalls and bike lanes. Now I wish we would have stopped for a closer look.

Bill

 

[easyrider]

We decided to hit the road early because of the increasing border crossing wait times. We were at the border by 6:30 am and the line of cars was two lane up to the middle of the park. The line moved incredibly slow. When we finally made it to where we could see the border gates there was only one of the nine open plus the nexus gate. It took almost 90 minutes to cross. In contrast, it only took 10 minutes to cross into Canada.

Bill

 

[Greg G]

The view from our room at the Rosedale on Robson. The view is from the bedroom. While I was looking out at the other buildings I saw others looking at me looking at them.

Bill

How'd you like the Rosedale on Robson?

 

[easyrider]

How'd you like the Rosedale on Robson?

I really like the location. Very easy walk to many places in Gas Town and Yale Town. Plenty of restaurants on Robson. The view of the one bed unit we had was pretty good from the bedroom which has floor to ceiling windows. The one bed unit was on the smaller side of one bed units we have had else where but was fine for two adults. All in all I do like the Rosedale on Robson but compared to the Worldmark it is a bit lacking.

Bill

 

[rickandcindy23]

We were just there in August. We stayed in hotels with points we had to burn.

I loved everything. I loved White Spot. We used to have one in Denver years ago, and here they were, all over Vancouver. We ate great burgers and fries and other good stuff at White Spot.

The kids museum was great for our five-year-old but goodies in the main big area kept her from wanting to do much. She wanted candy and ice cream. I like that our museums in Denver don't have that stuff right in the middle of the place.

Loved the little ferry boats. We went to Granville Island and ate great food. Everything was good, and we got a variety and shared (all four of us). Elizabeth didn't eat much. The babies didn't care.

 

[gayashin68]

What are the best timeshare resorts in Canada?


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[gayashin68]

What are the best timeshare resorts in Canada?


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[Tacoma]

I have stayed at quite a few Canadian timeshares in the west. None in the east as of yet. I would say embarc has the fanciest resorts in great locations 6 of which are in Canada. From the east to the west they have resorts in Tremblant, Quebec, Blue Mountains north ot Toronto in Ontario, Panorama resort in eastern BC, Vancouver, BC, Whistler, BC, and Ucluelet, BC. I have as of now only stayed in their resort in Vancouver. Very nice timeshare in a great location. I also own Worldmark that has 5 Canadian locations, Canmore, Alberta near Banff, Vancouver, 2 in Whistler, and Victoria. WM resorts are nice but not super fancy. Price per night is more reasonable than embarc. There are several in the Banff/Canmore region so I won't assume I know the best. I think there are a few north of Toronto but some have closed I believe. One or two by Quebec City and a couple in Nova Scotia. I hope to get to all of the embarc locations in the next couple of years and I would love to get to Whitepoint Nova Scotia but it's not going to happen I doubt good weeks ever come up. To me location is the most important thing and living in Alberta Ihave bought WM and embarc to have access to resorts that interest me in locations that I enjoy travelling to. For a while I had a timeshare in Nanoose Bay but unfortunately it closed. There are also tons of timeshares in Fairmont BC but they fleeced owners out of thousands of dollars so I don't go there any more except to Fairmont Mountainside which is owned by a different organization. I also own at 2 resorts in Kelowna, one fancy one not, but I love them both. Delta grand okanagan is the nice one right downtown. As with all timeshares you have to decide what is most important to you for me it is locations I enjoy going back to. I enjoy Banff ROcky Mountain resort as it is the only timeshare right in Banff but it is worn down. It's like a ski lodge that has been well used. It needs updating and a good cleaning but you can't beat the location.