September 2002
We spent an afternoon in Steveston (south of Vancouver airport) which is a quaint fishing village whose speciality is selling fish & chips (especially battered salmon). It has some amazing fish restaurants, which like the public, buys its fish fresh from the boats every day. There were also numerous craft shops, some of which were a little touristy but we did find a nice shop where we purchased a pair of unique pictures, as a reminder of our time out here. Bryan has been sailing again with a local racing club on a Friday night, although with the nights drawing in it has been short and sweet after work. We have both continued with a coastal navigation course and have spent many an hour pouring over charts and plotting courses for our homework. We have taken great pride in impressing the other ’students’ with our excellent teamwork; some even seemed shocked that we could possibly be married and still be able to work cooperatively together! Around this time last year we were sharing a room on Fraser Island (Australia) with a Canadian couple and having a blast. Last week we had a fun time catching up on each others news as they stopped off on their way to a trekking holiday in Nepal. Colin and Kelly are originally from Vancouver but are currently living in Toronto, so it was great to see them again before we leave Canada.
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