see also page 2 and First Night page
The beluga whales at the Vancouver aquarium seemed happy, and enjoyed playing with the diver who joined them in the tank.
Jen got this shot of me, Amelia, and Nora wandering Stanley Park after our visit to the aquarium.
Why are the squirrels in Canada black?
One of Stanley Park's Haida totem poles.
After Stanley Park, we visited a geocache in Jericho Beach Park, not far from UBC.
The next two days, we skied at Cypress Mountain, in West Vancouver, enjoying Vancouver's "drive-in winter."
Nora got this spectacular shot of Horseshoe Bay from the mountaintop at Cypress. Amelia and I didn't ski quite so high, but we also enjoyed the views.
Amelia on the slopes at Cypress. I think this may have been toward the end of our descent from Panorama (the "green" that was really a blue.)
Ken on the slopes at Cypress, at dusk (photo by Amelia).
On New Year's Eve, Granville Island hosted a great First Night celebration, with clowns, fire tricks, and a drum circle that we all enjoyed. This is the view of False Creek (actually a narrow inlet of the Pacific) from the Island (which is actually a peninsula).