"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:05:29 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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"H the K" wrote in message


There's a Chinatown, a lot of "shoppes," beautiful shoreline vistas,
interesting flora, mountains, ferries, according to my wife.


I'm sure it'll be beautiful. They supposedly have an awesome place.

Forget that Chinese food and get over to Hope, about 100 miles east.
That's where they filmed "First Blood" which introduced Rambo.
And where Trautman said to Teasle,
"Vagrancy wasn't it? That's gonna look real good on his grave stone in
Arlington: Here lies John Rambo, winner of the Congressional Medal of
Honor, survivor of countless incursions behind enemy lines. Killed for
vagrancy in Jerkwater, USA."

Not that it's really Jerkwater, just saying...

--Vic

Hope is actually a very nice town. Close to the Shakespeare railroad
tunnels. The engineer read poetry to the workers and the tunnels were named
after characters. Othello is the one you can visit.
http://www.findfamilyfun.com/othellotunnels.htm
Vancouver is a very nice city. Close to Whistler, take the Sea to Sky
highway for a fantastic view. Vancouver itself has good and bad
restaurants, Stanley park with rabbits running around. Some really upscale
areas (Horseshoe Bay), and nice beaches. Actually Vancouver Island and
Vancouver BC have some nice ocean swimming. The tides are 13-15' and expose
large sand areas, that warm up if sunny and when the water comes in it may
warm to the 70's. The Gulf Islands are also a neat area. Look a lot like
the San Juans but are geologically much different. San Juans are the top of
mountains, The gulf islands are much shallower water, and are really small
hills. Rocky, but not real deep. I recommend a B&B in Ganges on Salt
Spring Island for a nice get away. Wife really likes that. I have towed my
boat up there as well as just visiting, a few times over the last 41 years.