Well, I’m off for SE Asia. I left overcast Walla Walla on the 1:35 pm flight yesterday. Got over the Cascades and the weather cleared. All the mountains were out and visible - Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, Mt. St. Helens, and of course, Rainier.
I had a three hour layover in Seattle, so ducked into the AMEX Centurion lounge for some food and refreshments. The viewto the south was stunning.
The twilight flight to Vancouver was amazing with the clear winter skies and views of the San Juan Islands. I cLearned immigration at YVR and made it to the Westin Grand on Robson zstreet via the Canada Line light rail. Took a stroll down Robson street this morning to grab a last American (Canadian?) breakfast of eggs and bacon with some potatoes as well for a guilty carb loaded pleasure.
Robson Street is the typical upscale city street, with stores like Nike, Ferraragamo, Best Buy, Victoria’s Secret, the occasional Starbucks and the ubiquitous Tim Hortons that you see everywhere in Canada. Nearly every block had homeless sleeping in doorways, and as the city came awake on my walk back to the hotel they were gathering their things up to move who knows where. It was a real contrast to the upscale feel to the street. It seems every big city (and the smaller ones as well) have their issues with homelessness.
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