On Friday, we braved the sunshine (so tough!) and headed out to Vancouver with the children. We took the sky train in from Surrey and got to watch the enthusiastic faces of two young ones first ride on the train. We went to Robson Square in hopes of catching the BC Pavilion during a quiet moment. But the hour long line up deterred our efforts, as did two screaming children. Consolation prize? Toddler hockey. Not really making up for our saddened hearts, we also went to see the Olympic clock and wait in line to get our photo with the Bobsled (more child meltdown ensued....explain patience and waiting your turn to a two year old whose used to getting his own way....) Using our trusty Starbucks map (with a few Olympic additions... the Starbucks sign completely obscured Robson square...), we made our way to Pacific Center's Igloo and polar bear display. We went inside to use the facilities, and found a much less busy bobsled that we could climb into. Coming out, we went to the Salish carving demonstration, where we met some "friends" from the parking lot at King George Highway. We bummed around, taking in the sights and sounds and various smells of Robson Square before we headed home. In the parking lot at King George, we were stalked to our car by hoards of drivers, vying for our parking spot. We ended up parked between two rather large trucks, both hogging the lines on the wrong side of the spot, rendering us all but immobile. We shimmied our way into the SUV, having to throw the children in through the trunk and buckling them up from behind. We narrowly missed both trucks in our efforts to back out of the spot....needless to say, both will need to adjust their mirrors. (thanks Dan for moving them!) We made it home, with two quiet children (okay, they were sleeping) and a nice sunburn as a souvenir. Oh those elements!
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