First look

So… it’s been a relaxing trip so far! The first night I got in around 9pm — a little chit-chat and then right to bed. Going east to west always works out well for me, as it means I can go to bed at a reasonable hour and make an early start of the following day.
Cam at the Atlanta Bread Company, shortly before dropping me at the Sarasota airport.
Patr’cia and me
My flight was from Sarasota-Atlanta-Salt Lake City-Vancouver; this is somewhere between Salt Lake and Vancouver. That’s clouds in the valley between the mountains; what an amazing thing to be so high above them.
I took the ferry from Vancouver to Swartz Bay.
On the ferry I ran into Trina, an old lab partner from my terrestrial plant ecology course at UVic.
I also ran into Jane (center), a coworker from my UVic, and her friend/coworker Elena too.
Neil, Dad, Mom and I went for a walk through Mount Doug and up the Galloping Goose Trail. We saw a lot of wildlife!
No snow, but it was cold enough to keep a little frost around. Photo by Neil.
Neil and Dad examine their photos.
Mom enjoys her tea 🙂