Road Trip!!!!!!

Joses Big Canada USA Trip

Hi everyone, just dropping a quick line before we get too far away on our road trip.
saturday arvo, we went to Butchart gardens, which were amazing, and they have fireworks every saturday night too, they were sweet. went for arounf 30mins, and had all different pictures and stuff from the fireworks, like smilie faces, a big sea snake, a windmill and other cool stuff. we didnt end up getting to bed REALLY late that night though, but that was ok i guess. that was the last time i saw Savanah as well.

sunday, we went to the meeting in the morning, SUPER tired, but that was our own fault. then rob and aubrey took me up to mount Douglas or "Doug". we could see a really sweet view o Victoria, and i took heaps of photos. then, rob had a study in the arvo, so aubrey n i just hasd lunch in the beautiful sun, under the fruit trees!!! then we had a look around a REALLY ritzy part of victoria, and went to a bookstudy get-together-do thing. it was really nice. i picked blackberries with the kids even!!

monday i organised a few things, my cell for a start, then se\aid goodbye to R&A, and came to vancouver by ferrie. then i caught an number of busses and sky trains to Langley, and tera, Tanys' sister, picked me up. we went back to her place in the country, so beautiful. they had a fam dinner at her in-laws across the lawn, so i got to meet most of her hubbie, Jordans fam. a bro & sis from Staten Island were there too, and guess what, they know you mum, ruthie, granny and pop, from when you were there!!! and apparently granny's fam donated the land for a kingdom hall on staten island!!! they know bro Rogers, and the other people i hope to stay with!!!

Tuesday i got a ride into town with Stephanie, jordans soon to be sister in-law, so that saved a lot of time and money. then i went straight to Grouse Mountain. ***My favorite place in the world.*** i caught a sky rail up to the top!!! then watched a documentary about a couple of orphan bears, who now live on the mt. then i went and saw them, at the most 3m away!! one black coastal bear, and one brown inland bear. they were so sweet. i then walked the rest of the way up to the top of Grouse mt, about 2k's maybe, but VERY steep. the views were extatic.
after that i went to Gastown, and cute area in Vancouver, then Chinatown, and the Dr Sun-Yat Sen chinese Gardens. then i walked ALL the way to Stanley park, one end of Vancouver to the other. i ran parts too!!! the aquarium is in the park, and wen i eventually found it was awed at how awsome it was. my fav were the Otters, my new fav animal. there were 3, and one was cleaning itself for AGES, but showing off as well!!
that night i just went home and had dinner at the in-laws place again, organised my bus to Penticton, and eventually went to bed.
wednesday, yesterday, i went to the house and barn where they film smallville!!! are you jealous Kez??? it was SO cool, just 10mins from Tera's place. and they also film Stargate close by, Bel Kate!!!, but arent' filming at the moment, so i didn't go see that. then i caught the bus, after a huge caffufle with my pre-booked ticket. i had to pay full price in the end, instead of the 14 day advanced, half price ticket i thought i had. anyway, it was a cumfy ride to Penticton, nad pretty too. i arrived at 4:45, got picked up by tanys, then we went and got her a new digi cam, hers broke a few weeks ago. we also got a new windshield wiper blade, but forgot to put it on the car!!! then we went home, prepared out tuesday stuff and went to the meeting. wen we left we went to Wendy's for dinner, it's SO cute there, and they havce REALLY good salads. then we went home, packed our bags for the road trip, and went to a cleaning job of Tanys'. it was a architect place, and took about 1.2hrs, instead of 2 usually. but wen i was emptying one of the bins, a huge mouse jumped out and scared the living daylights out of us!!! anyway, by the time we finished it was 2:30am, so we went home, had showers and went to get gas and Amanda, the third party for the road trip. we hit the road about 3:30, and drove til 11:00 this morning. yes, thats right, we didn't get ANY sleep last night, and have had hardly any in the car on the way. we're now in Fernie, so cute, while Tanys is getting her braces adjusted. oh yeah, she has braces at the mo. i went and saw Megan at work, and she was SO excited to see me!! im now at her place emailing you guys, so think i have to go now.

lots of love, am having a blast of a time, come across 4 skunks, 3 deer and squirrels on the road today, and the car stinks of skunks!!!

love you all, going to drive through the states to get to torronto, then also going to Montreal and New York!!

ciao bellos and beaus

jojo