Last Day North Van
Gibsons Beckons Fri Jul 2nd Today is our last day in North Van and our hosts at the property, where we spent our first month, have been as welcoming as ever. Jack, who got on well with the resident lady boxer, Josie, has renewed the acquaintance and has had the temerity to abscond to their upper deck and steal her soft toys. I'm sure there are better ways to a girls heart but it seems to bring her down to ground level each time! Temperatures have returned to seasonal normal in Vancouver, though the interior is not faring so well. The number of wildfires has increased by 228 this week. See map below. There is a suggestion of rain Wednesday next week, but only at 40% chance at the moment. Not great prospects at the moment for dampening down the prevailing arid conditions. On the Sunshine Coast where we return on Saturday, the three month anniversary to the day and date of our arrival in Canada, watering gardens has already been restricted...