Approaching the Canadian border we thought ourselves to be just 45 minutes away from our destination in North Vancouver, but we instead had 3 tough hours ahead of us. First we had to wait for an hour at the border, inching along in a line of cars, before finally having our two minute talk with the border guard. Having our ID’s and birth certificates at hand, we were soon on our way. A short while later we found ourselves in a massive traffic jam that made the last 30 miles of our trip last almost 2 hours.
We finally reached North Vancouver around 7 pm and I had a wonderful reunion with Steve and Kim Anderson. We talked and ate and talked some more about how the Lord has guided our lives over the past 21 years.
One of the first things we noticed in Canada was that their gasoline is only about $1.15! With the exchange rate as it is, this would be only about $1.08 in US dollars, so we were quite surprised and wondered how this could be. After asking Steve about this, we got the very bad news that gas in Canada is priced by the liter! So we are looking at well over $4 per gallon here!
On Saturday we slept late, relaxed for awhile, and then took a drive with Steve, Kim and their son Dan to see some of the sights in North Vancouver. We went to Lynn Canyon
Park where we walked over an impressive suspension bridge and along a beautiful mountain stream, to the beach where we had a picnic lunch and watched ocean freighters and sailboats in the harbor, and up the mountainside to an overlook point where we could look down on Vancouver from 1,300’ elevation. This is a very mountainous area, and there are peaks in view from all directions. Even looking west toward the Pacific Ocean you see Vancouver Island in the distance, with mountains of over 6,000’. Someday I may come back here and enjoy some of the remote mountains and the rocky coastline of Vancouver Island, but for now I am very content to rest and get re-acquainted with the Andersons.
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