Boo and I got up early today to drive up and hike Maple Pass. The hike was just shy of 9 miles, but it’s one of the most spectacular hikes one can undertake.
There was a lot of snow at the top of the summit. I think we’ll wait another month before hiking it again.
What a weekend! Boo and I met our friends Mark and Gary in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the weekend. We booked a room at the Skwachàys Lodge. It’s an aboriginal arts hotel skirting in old town Vancouver. While the neighborhood itself was less than desirable, we enjoyed out stay. My only real criticism about the hotel was that it’s actually a mixed-used building; several of the floors are apartments and only a couple floors appear to be reserved as “hotel” rooms.
Gastown was only a block away and we ended up taking a nice stroll through the neighborhood, stopping at a French bistro for drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
After a wonderful evening out with our friends, we embarked to Point Grey to go to the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology. Anyone that knows me knows that I’m a HUGE Northwest Coast Indian art buff. We have two serigraphs by Bill Reid and one by Susan Point (both artists’ works were prominently displayed at the museum).
The museum also had an exhibit on South American artifacts. I had Tiago pose in front of a feather headdress – who knows, perhaps one of his predecessors in the Brazilian Amazon wore something similar. 😉
We finished our exploration with a little siesta in the hammock display.
