North to Vancouver

Real early morning today to catch the train from Seattle to Vancouver.  Train leaves at 7:40 in the morning, they started doing seat assignments at about 7:20 (although people were lined up before that).  Ideally if you’re in the line early, you might be able to get a seat on the left side of the train for the better views.  Of course, you could also be told you’re getting a seat on the left, and when you get to your seat discover that it’s on the right.  We were able to get reseated after the train left though.  Nice easy ride, especially after a few days of a lot of driving.  After getting into Vancouver, took the Sky Train to the waterfront station right near our hotel (the Pan Pacific Vancouver).  This was pretty easy, even with a couple of rolling suitcases.  Was made a little tougher because of a parade in town that day, but without that it’d probably be even better.

After checking in, headed out down the waterfront area and ended up in Harbor Green Park, where there was a children’s water play fountain area.  This was about as far as we made it, because even though the extreme heat had broken, it was still awfully hot out.  Wandered back to the hotel to relax for a while before dinner.

For dinner we met up with another of Cathy’s cousins, Angie, and headed towards Gastown.  First place she tried to take us apparently had closed down, so we ended up finding somewhere else to eat.  Thankfully, in the evening the temperatures had really come down to a more reasonable level.