Well, we have a few days to cover since we left Las Vegas.
We hightailed it back to LA from Vegas and rebooked in to the Ramada Plaza Hotel at El Segundo. After 22 days of faithful service our GoldWing was handed back to Eagle Riders in the same condition as it departed. Now we can focus on the next phase of our trip.
Don and Carolyn are in LA on business so we gave then a call and we caught up with them that evening for a great meal at a Italian restaurant on Century Boulevard at Marina Del Ray.
A fun night was had so we decided to do the lunch thing the next day at Malibu so we spent the day together touring around in Don & Carolyn's car (Thanks guys) We visited Santa Monica, Venice Beach and off course we lunched at Malibu.
We had to head off early next morning so it was time to say our goodbyes and retire for the night.
We flew LAX to Vancouver the next morning and booked in to the Holiday Inn on West Broadway.
After seeing so much of the desert and canyons on our bike trip it was so nice to be in a beautiful green part of the world. Vancouver is such a great city and it has beautiful harbour views from most parts of the city.
I was keen to have a salmon steak meal as I remember from previous trips here how good the salmon is and we found a great restaurant on the water and had a lovely meal and a few wines. The salmon was just as good as I remembered.
The following day we went up to see the Capilano Suspension Bridge and the beautiful gardens and forests that surround it. The scenery was spectacular and we wandered around taking photo's and lapping up the beauty.
We then continued up to Grouse Mountain which overlooks Vancouver and to get there you have to take a cable car up to the top. We were fortunate to have a near empty one so we could take photo's from all angles on the way up. The views over Vancouver and the harbour are spectacular.
On the top of Grouse Mountain there is a Bear enclosure so we wandered over to take photo's and there were two bears just feet away (Behind a fence) munching on the green grass. Kerry was thrilled to be able to be so close and take photo's.
After the excitement of seeing the bears and the views we decided to finish the day off with dinner at the top along with a couple of wines. This gave us the opportunity to see the sunset over the mountains and the lights of Vancouver on the way down in the cable car.
We arrived back at our hotel around 10.30 pm very tired but happy that we had such a great day.
Tomorrow morning Kerry is having her hair done then at 1 pm we are going to the cruise terminal to board our ship for our Alaskan cruise so the next time we post a blog will be from the ship.
Some photo's of our stay in Vancouver.
in Vancouver.
Catching up for lunch with our good friends Don & Carolyn
at Dukes Restaurant at Malibu while we were in LA.
What a fantastic holiday, and yet more to come !!
ReplyDeleteWe are anxiously awaiting your blog from Alaska,
as I am sure it will be as impressive as the past few week have been. You both look super,Enjoy the remainder of your trip as we are looking forward to some great pictures .. Stay safe
WOW, VANCOUVER LOOKS FANTASTIC, GOOD TO HEAR YOU ARE BOTH SAFE AND WELL, JUST TALKING OF YOU BOTH AS WE LAY IN BED SUNDAY MORNING, WONDERING IF THE MELB BABY HAS ARRIVED AND WHERE YOU WERE. LOVE FOLLOWING YOUR TRAVELS. ENJOY THE CRUISE SHIP, LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT UPDATE. LOADS OF LOVE PAM AND WAYNE XX
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! Glad you enjoyed your trip to Capilano Suspension Bridge :-) Loving the bear pic too!
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