A Scavenger Hunt Date in Vancouver

Our home group gave us a wonderful Christmas present full of treats for study breaks. There was also a bunch of envelopes whose contents contained a scavenger hunt date! We went on the hunt this past Sunday.

It all started off at the Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park. Not only were we to enjoy the aquatic animals, but we were also to search for answers to questions among the animal signs. Did you know that the front flippers of sea lions are larger than their back flippers but it's the opposite for seals? Did you know that sea lions have ear flaps but seals do not? Did you know that a baby beluga whale was born at the Vancouver Aquarium this past summer and that her name is Tiqa? Neither of us had ever seen a beluga whale before. It was really incredible to see such a large white whale swimming in the dark water.

We then went on our first geocaching expedition! Well, we first we had to figure out how to use our friends' GPS, but once we got that under control, we realized we were already quite close to the spot. A little shifting, a little moving of short logs by a tree's trunk, and voila! There was the little ziploc bag with the little Altoids container inside that we had been looking for! It was quite exciting. (Okay, it wasn't quite that easy.)

The last stop for the day was Kam's Place. A staple restaurant in downtown Vancouver, it serves delicious Singaporean food. Wow, what a treat! Thank you for the great date!