Today, Monday, we got up late.
We tried to get in a little bit more of Vancouver before we had to go, so we walked to Granville Island. However, neither of us were big shoppers, so the idea of wandering through a bunch of eclectic shops didn’t appeal to us that much. Instead, we stayed on the bridge leading to the island, took some pictures of the scenery, and then headed back.
I wanted to try out some of the food trucks as a lunch option. It seemed like a good idea. Unfortunately, just because they are a truck, doesn’t make it fast food. It took as long as a sit-down meal to get the food. It WAS good, just not worth the wait when you have a long drive ahead of you.
Then we started driving home. We only had to make it to the town of Clearwater in British Columbia. We have a Airbnb there, so that we don’t have to try and do the whole trip at once. Since we had time, we thought we would take the scenic Trans-Canada Highway back again instead of the faster Coquihalla Highway. We even stopped for more fruit from the roadside vendors. (So good!) We planned to not take lots of pictures. Why should we, we had already taken them on the way down. Then we hit the golden hour, and that plan went to pot.
We kept stopping for pictures because it was overwhelmingly beautiful. We got to Kamloops at around 8:30PM and picked up a very quick meal. We didn’t get to Clearwater until after ten o’clock. That was a long day.
Unfortunately, Clearwater is in the middle of nowhere, so there was no cell service. I had been overly dependent on my iPhone to map my way everywhere, and the mountains were indicating that was a bad idea. Fortunately, I had printed out a faded copy of the map. I just wish these Airbnb people would have better lit numbers for their houses.