The next day was July 1st, Canada's birthday. It rained and was cool. Before lunch, we went to Granville Island. We visited the market and its shops. I didn't find it interesting. After we drove to Gastown. We walked around this old part of the city. We had supper at a Chinese restaurant. Then, we went to Canada Place. This morning, July 2, we had a good breakfast of pancakes and red syrup. This was a good start to the day. We went to a beautiful park at Burnaby Point. We could see big mountains, trees, ocean and the city. In the park, we went to a restaurant where I ate two hotdogs and had a drink of Coke. That evening, we bought a big pizza and took a video to watch at L'Arche home.

Early the next day at 5 a m, Germaine and Bernie got a ride to the airport with Norm to catch the airplane back to Ottawa. When I woke up we went to 11 o'clock mass. After church, we went to buy bread and juice for our lunch. Then we went to the ferry boat to catch a ride to Vancouver Island. It was a beautiful one hour trip on the water. When we arrived in Victoria, we had a look around. In the harbour, we saw many boats and a small airplane land on the water.

The weather here was cool and I liked the temperature. For dinner, we went to a restaurant in the harbour. Then we went to a friend's home, where we stayed for 3 nights. Sasha had a beautiful home. We had a good talk that night before going to bed.

On Monday, July 4, we had a good breakfast of toast, eggs and tomatoes. Then we visited Butchard Gardens and saw all the beautiful flowers. In late afternoon we went to the Museum of British Columbia. There we saw lots of big Indian Totem Poles, which we and Dallacy liked. After spaghetti dinner, we talked and went to bed.

July 5. Today we had a slow and relaxing day. Everyone did different chores. I made banana and yogurt cheesecake with Norman. In the afternoon, I had a sleep on soft round cushions. That evening, we went to listen to country and western music. At the club, there was a fight. I was afraid and we left.

July 6. We had porridge for breakfast. After packing up the van, we drove to Cathedral Grove near the country. In the park, there were big beautiful trees; one of them is 800 years old. We went for a walk between the trees. Today was cooler and it felt like autumn. I liked the temperature. Later that day, we camped at Pacific Rim Campground near the ocean. It was beautiful. Some people went swimming in the ice cold water and they put water on my legs. There were lots of big waves. For dinner, we ate wieners then went to sleep in the tent and I had a good sleep.

July 7 we woke up early at 5:30 a m. It was ice cold. I thought it was funny and strange weather for the summertime. We saw where there had been a forest fire. We took the ferry boat from Nanaimo to Vancouver and took some pictures. Then we drove through Merritt to Kamloops, which took about 5 hours. The weather was a little bit warmer. We had a good dinner of salmon steaks, potatoes and cauliflower. But before supper, Norman and I went for a walk. Before going to bed in the tent, we cooked marshmallows and talked. July 8 we got up early and had pancakes for breakfast. We drove from Kamloops to Revelstoke to Golden, where we saw more big beautiful mountains. We stopped at Lake Louise and saw a funny man in a snowsuit and bought a few gifts and postcards. Then we passed by Banff and stayed overnight in Canmore. Today, we had to change the time on our watches.