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After a big sleep in on Thursday morning, we had our first excursion out into Las Vegas proper (for the boys anyway – this is the fifth visit for A and me). As we're staying right next door, our first visit was over to the Bellagio to watch the
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The day we arrived in Las Vegas, we didn't get a chance to eat from 7:30am (breakfast in Seattle with B's cousin) to after 7pm (dinner in Las Vegas), which was a bit ridiculous given that our flight was only 1.5 hours! But that&
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Yet more haikus... Day 113 • 26 Dec • Vancouver It's Christmas feast time, But now TWO plagues are circling And soon we are five. Day 114 • 27 Dec • Vancouver We ride the SkyTrain, Drink melted chocolate shots And watch the float planes. Day 115 • 28 Dec • Vancouver Up on
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Here are some pics from our flight from Seattle to Las Vegas. In 1.5 hours, we went from these forested coastal scenes... ...to this mountainous brown desert interspersed with cookie-cutter housing developments! I find this landscape fascinating, hence all the photos... 0:00 /0:21 1×
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Some photos from our final days of Vancouver socialising... 0:00 /0:34 1× Then we flew to Vegas!
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The boys have been desperate to go skiing again on this trip (after they had a day of skiing in New Zealand in September 2023). They were very disappointed that it was too early in the season to ski while we were in Europe, so they were very keen to
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Between Christmas and New Year, after B recovered from his bout of norovirus, we headed up to Grouse Mountain for an afternoon. This was one of the group plans we'd had to miss out on earlier that week while the boys were under the weather, but luckily the
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Haiku time again! Day 106 • 19 Dec • Victoria to Vancouver Float planes, ferry ride, Op shops, sushi, Oliver!... A real BC day. Day 107 • 20 Dec • Vancouver Ginger Beef, Green Beans And General Tso's Chicken: Wah Wing happiness. Day 108 • 21 Dec • Vancouver to Langley A dramatic day,
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Presents... Playtime... Food... Merry Christmas!
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It started with a message That seemed inconsequential: “One daughter has a stomach bug; Infection spread’s potential.” We shrugged it off: “She's on day three And sounds almost recovered. We can't wait to get back there For fun yet undiscovered!” So back we went and
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After we returned from Vancouver Island, we had a busy time socialising and catching up with more friends on Thursday and Friday... After this, things went a bit downhill... but you can read about that in the next post!
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In addition to visiting the Victoria Bug Zoo and the Butchart Gardens, here's what/who else we saw on Vancouver Island!