Goodbye, eh?

Well, the magic day has arrived, and we are off to Canada on Friday. We have wished and planned for this day for a long time. Friday we fly to Vancouver, where we are staying at the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, just south of Stanley Park. We will be there all day Saturday and Saturday night. Sunday morning we will take the ferry from Tsawassen to Victoria. We'll go to church in Victoria, then spend the day sightseeing. We are staying at the Spinnaker Victorian Guesthouse Sunday night through Wednesday morning. Monday we are taking a whale watching boat trip that drops us off at Butchart Gardens for an afternoon of sightseeing. Tuesday we will just wander around seeing whatever our feets takes us to. Wednesday morning we take the ferry to Port Angeles where our friends, the Wilcoxes, will pick us up. We will spend the next few days with them, ferrying in to Seattle to see the sights there, and then leave Saturday evening to fly back to Phoenix.

This is our first vacation alone together since our honeymoon 35 years ago, so we don't feel the least bit bad about making it a blowout occasion. We love you all, and we will post details and pictures upon our return, eh?