Vancouver, B.C.

Natalie, Erika's sister, joined us for a ten day stint from Seattle, WA to BC, Canada and back. While traveling on the highway to Vancouver, CAN a lady rammed into the rear of our trailer.  We didn't know it at the time, but this accident would drastically alter the course and means of our trip.  Not realizing the severity of the damage inflicted on the trailer, we continued our journey.

Self-cleaning public washrooms...
 can be scary!

When crossing into a new state, there are typically a few differences to be learned such as the rules of the road, cultural norms and state laws. Overall there is a lot of constancy from state to state.  Crossing over the invisible line into Canada on the other hand definitely felt like crossing into a different country!  It was a bit intimidating adjusting to kilometer signage, oddly narrow roads, a dozens new forms of signage and strange blinking yellow traffic lights. A friendly motorist informed us that the light meant pedestrian controlled crossing. Keep in mind we where pulling a trailer and where not able to use any sort of technology as were where outside of the US.  So we got a map, asked around and stumbled upon the great, the bad and the ugly.
The great: Stanley Park, The International Busking Festival, friendly, welcoming people, bountiful bridges overlooking a charismatic city.
The bad: Finding a place to sleep, parking and being lost, lost, lost!
The ugly: Syringes in porter potties in the not so good part of town.

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