Surrey, BC

Monday: (09/26) Corned beef hash and eggs for breakfast. I spent some time at McDonald's finishing some blog updates. Photos have been uploaded for 9/19-to 9/25 activities. It rained all night and was raining heavily all the way to Surrey. Added to the rain was all the construction on the highway. We ended up passing our exit. There were no signs on the freeway pointing to an exit for Surrey. Eventually we managed to return and park in a mall near our destination. We disconnected the Jeep, called a couple of RV parks and confirmed our choice of the Plaza RV park was the best. We then went into the mall for lunch of Chinese food. After lunch and a walk around the mall we took the Jeep out to scout where the best way to get to the RV park and avoid any more construction or dead end roads. We checked in to the RV Park. We'll be here at least a week. One reason for choosing the location was it's proximity to transit and the light rail train that takes us in to Vancouver. Lou picked up some nice veggies at the mall produce market and that was the base ofr dinner. It was turned in to a Chinese stir fry with chicken. Here at 5pm the rain has finally stopped, for a while at least. This evening I noticed some water on the dinette. We hadn't been using the table since this morning so why was there water there. I checked the cabinet above the table and it was wet inside. The cables for the satellite antenna go through the roof there. So, another task to take care of when the rain is gone. We did  our laundry at the park laundry tonight.
(GPS:49.15329472,-122.8452324)

Tuesday: (09/27) Pancakes and sausage for breakfast. We bought some day passes for Translink, the local bus system. We then caught a bus in front of the RV park to the Skytrain station, the local light rail system. That train took us in to downtown. We explored china town and enjoyed a baked pork bun for brunch.


A walk down Granville Ave brought us to the Granville Island Public Market.


Along the way we enjoyed some pizza, some berry cobbler and a slice of pork pie. We graze on our walks. The birds outside the market were quite ornate.

More bus rides exploring more city brought us back to the Skytrain and home. Lou made roast chicken with spaghetti squash and broccoli for dinner.

Wednesday: (09/28) Corned beef hash and eggs for breakfast. Another day on the bus today. We caught the bus in front of the RV park and took it up King George Avenue to the Surrey Center then caught the Skytrain hopping off a few times to explore neighborhoods. We transferred to the Millennium line to go through New Westminster and Burnaby on our way in to Vancouver. We shared a burrito at one of our stops for lunch. Then we took the Seatrain over to North Vancouver.


When we returned to Vancouver we had dinner at the Cottage Deli in the Gas Town area. We shared a roast beef sandwich and minestrone soup while watch the bay ship traffic.  The steam clock in Gas Town (above right) is a must see. Then it was time to catch the Skytrain home. Another interesting day in the city.

Thursday: (09/29) We're off to visit Vancouver Island and Victoria today  and tomorrow.