happy traveller

it's freaking hot in whitehorse

Whitehorse is a lot prettier than I thought it would be. And a lot hotter! It's been in the high 30s everyday. Not a cloud in the sky. The bus ride up was pretty arduous. Nearly 48 hours. But I survived somehow. Arrived at 3.30am on Wednesday morning. Sat in Tim Hortons until about 8am and then went down and checked into the hostel. It was so wonderful to shower and change my clothes. Thought about having a bit of a sleep but ended up just going out and going for a nice walk along the river. It looked so cool and inviting in the heat. All lovely and clear and clean water. But the current moves along like crazy. It's a fast speeding river. Checked out the spot where they have  the fish ladder for the spawning salmon. Hung out in the park and read my crappy romance novel. The one that I found on the skytrain one day.  It was about some poor woman who ends up as a housekeeper for a rich jackass, gets totally sexually harrassed by him and ends up marrying him. Bunch of crap really. Today  I saw this  log  cabin type church  built by some priest whose claim to fame is that he got lost in the Yukon at some point and had to eat his shoes.  He did other stuff too but that was the story that stuck in my mind.  Got some free BBQ for lunch and got some fireweed jelly at the farmers market. Off to Anchorage tomorrow. Happily it isn't 36C there!

a year in Vancouver - July

Grouse Mountain and Jericho Beach. Highly recommend the Lumberjack show!

               

summertime = bbq's and holidays

Only two days then I am on holiday again! And 4 days until I leave for Alaska. I am a bit apprehensive about the bus ride up to Whitehorse. I mean 2 days continuously on the bus. That’s going to be hard! But I will be ok once I get to Whitehorse. Sit in Tim Hortons for the night and then get to the hostel. Then two good nights sleep (hopefully) before heading to Anchorage. Got a couple of books to read and my IPOD so hopefully that will keep me busy.

Been pretty busy this last week, doing lots of running around and buying stuff – got an air mattress on Tuesday. It was expensive so it better work well. Went and saw Les Miserables on Saturday which was quite good. Not quite on the same scale as the London production obviously but still good singing and sets. I liked the guy who played Jean Val Jean better than the guy who played him in London. He had a deeper singing voice which I thought was more appropriate than the rock star type guy who was in London. Javere was really good too in this version. I got the cheap seat (only $25) as it has a little bar in the way but I really didn’t notice it after a while.  After the show was over I ended up having to walk down to the bridge to get the bus as the Granville/Broadway intersection was closed off because of an accident. Looked quite nasty. Apparently two people on a motorbike crashed into a car. There was a motorbike lying in the middle of intersection and lots of glass and a car off to the side that was all smashed on the side. Lots of buses hanging around too as a lot of different buses go through that intersection. So there was about 6 or 7 parked along Granville St and a couple on Broadway. All the ambulances and stuff were gone when the show came out but I read about it in the paper on Monday.

Meant to go to the gym last night to work off all the burgers I ate at the free BBQ at work – ate 3 burgers, a hot dog, 2 icecreams and a can of coke. Yum! But when I got home my roomate and her friend were BBQing up a ton of chicken so I hung out and had BBQ on the deck instead. I’m going to go tonight. I must as I’ve been averaging about once a fortnight or less since I got back from the states. I’m just busy and lazy and I can’t be bothered. Plus it’s hot. Who want's to be all leaping about and doing pushups and other nasty things when it's hot?

the sun has gone

Cooooold! The other day I wore my winter coat! I mean I know this is Canada but come on! At least Saturday was nice.  Went to the farmers market (yay!) and got some blueberries and cherries! Hooray summer fruits! I love the little markets with people selling their handmade woolies, candles and jewellry and all the fresh greens just out of the ground.  Met up with my friend who's just moved here from Oxford and we pretended we were cool on Commercial Drive. Also bought a ticket to see Les Miserables next week.

Only 2 more weeks to Alaska!

a year in Vancouver - May/June/July

Well after a bit of a hiatus I'm back with a year in Vancouver.  Stuff from May and June and a few from Canada Day July 1st.