Hopefully the last stop at Vancouver this year

Cloudy and a couple of showers in the morning but brightened right up by lunchtime and looks like a good afternoon and an excellent forecast for the rest of the week .

Will check the latest marine forecast in the morning before deciding whether to go or stay another day, the beauty of having no schedule means we can stay or go as the whim , and the weather, takes us. Right now the marine forecast also looks good for the next few days.

The CMC technician arrived promptly this morning and rewired the DSM directly to its own breaker on the 12 volt panel, the belief being that this will solve all the power fluctuation problems.

I remain to be convinced!!

"Painters Cove"  at E dock, Fisherman's Wharf, False creek, vancouver

Later!!!!

Did some fresh veggie and fruit shopping at Granville public market this afternoon, the food and the variety and selection are great but for a couple of reasons I will try hard not to come back here if I can help it.

(1) A tiny screw fell out of my reading glasses and I  had to take them to the local opticians for repair. Now any optician in Calgary or Cochrane or Arizona  or just about anywhere in the civilized world ,will be happy to do this at NO charge but here they charged $25.00 PLUS 12% HST= $28.00

                               AND WE EVEN HAD THE SCREW!!

(2) We bought some veggies at a stand and they had some Chinese “Golden gooseberries” that we had never seen or heard of before, now even though we bought over $50 of stuff from them, the Chinese proprietor would not give us a taste sample of a tiny berry unless we paid $0.25 for the privilege. Needless to say we declined!!

And Vancouver is wondering why their tourist numbers are declining despite their Olympic legacy.

Later we went back to local, Granville Island  Keg, one of our favourite restaurants, we had 2 excellent meals there in the last couple of weeks so were looking forward to a repeat, unfortunately it was not to be, the regular chef must have been off tonight so the meal was so-so forgettable!! A big disappointment!!

Anyway, we are out of here tomorrow, heading North at last for Desolation Sound.

Bob with Burrard street Bridge and North Vancouver in the background