The first few days were spent with John showing them the sights while I was working. They visited Granville Island, Queen Elizabeth Park, Fort Langley, and even Derby Reach for some croquet! After work on Friday, we all went and did some tasting of last year's local harvest and then off to White Rock for fish and chips. The fish and chips were so delicious that we forgot to take a picture until they were all gone!
The weather was such a blessing while they were here - rain the night they arrived and the night before they left. This made White Rock even better, as normally it's chilly from the wind!
Saturday morning we took off for Whistler and made some stops along the way.
When we went to see the bobsled track in Whistler, we discovered we had it all to ourselves! The official advertising bobsled for 2010 and two bobsleds from the Calgary Olympics were outside, so we hopped in. Check out those agressive bobsledders!
On our drive home, we came across all kinds of cars parked along the side of the Sea to Sky Highway. What was everyone looking at?
As you can tell, some tourists got EXTREMELY close! We stayed far away and used our zoom. That night Emily & Greg took us out for sushi at Tojo's. What a fun treat! We all shared vegetable tempura and three kinds of sushi rolls. It was all tasty, but I really had to think about something other than the raw fish I was chewing when I ate the spicy tuna roll! John loved it. Isn't the presentation absolutely beautiful?
Our last day together was spent in Washington. We took a tour of the Boeing Everett Factory, which was quite amazing to see. The building is the largest (by volume) building in the world. It was incredible to be inside and to see all these jets being built in the same "room" (if you can even call it that). Afterwards we headed down to Pike's Place, ate lunch at the cheese store, and wandered around.
Greg got his coffee drink of choice at the original Starbucks, too. It was really neat inside - wood floors, old wood shelves, and equipment that required the workers to determine how much of anything and everything went into each cup. Not the normal press-the-button-to-release kind of machines! (Greg explained this to us.)
Our time together closed with a Mariners vs. LA Angels of Anaheim baseball game. Safeco Field was pretty neat. The roof had to be closed due to the rain, but the fresh air still moved in and out through the open sides. Don't you just love the grass pattern on the field?
Thanks so much for coming to visit us, Greg and Emily!
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