Work continues on the subway that will run under Cambie Street, three blocks east of our home. This is at Cambie and roughly 12th Avenue, as Marian Egan and I walked by it, when she was in town. They really dig deep. It's called the "Skytrain" though in Vancouver at least most of it will be underground.

...to go to the shore, we passed through the always fascinating Oak Bay Cemetery.

We walked along the short on a rather cold and stormy day...

N&N do seem to be compatible.

A rose outside Naomi and Nick's basement suite.

In Victoria we cycled to the museum as well as other places.

Ros and I went to Victoria to visit the Titanic exibition at the Royal BC Museum in September. Nick and Naomi agreed to pose with the billboard outside the museum, albeit somewhat reluctantly. It was an interesting exhibit - lots of plates and stuff taken from the ocean floor, people in costume of the era, etc. It was indeed sad when the great ship went down.

The sky one evening over Douglas Park. I shot this on my way home.

Nigel Kellett visited several times this fall. Here he is with Rosalind. What an agreeable sibling pair!

To catch up a bit, we really enjoyed the 70th birthday party of great friend Conrad Guelke on Sept. 22, complete with a bit of a roast.

Some of the leaves.

Ros wanted some leaves for the Thanksgiving table.

It's been a wet October, so far. Ros and I did get out and walk a bit around Stanley Park a couple of week ago, near the lighthouse.

For the past week we were treated to the visit of Marian Egan, Ros' cousin, from England. We really enjoyed her being with us. While here, she decided to buy a digital camera. I expect her to start a blog from her home in London.

Russell is still working on the garage, to create a studio. I'm not sure why, but he really likes that hat.

Blair Tothill and Elliott, his and Andrea's new son. Jane's sister now has had the first baby of the Buker children. Jane's is due in January.

Here we are camping, making s'mores around the campfire (chocolate and marshmellow gooey things).

That was after Ros and I went to Kamloops for a BCTF meeting that she attended, and (above) visited Libby and Dave Denbigh in their new home.

To catch up a bit. Ros and I joined Nick and Naomi at the Otter Lake campground in late August. It wasn't far from Coalmont, where this picture was taken. This is an area that once was busy with mining. Very pretty, hilly country.

Staff Day

I will try to embed a slideshow of our staff day. It was at Tsawwassen, in a house in the GVRD park on Boundary Bay that we rented. The whole staff (except Eileen) was there. We follow it with a barbeque at John and Barbara Struthers. I took fewer pictures than I usually do! Here they are.

And Russell very kindly picked us up at Vancouver airport.

Then we flew home. Not many pictures... airplane travel certainly isn't as pleasant as the trains.

Saturday night Chuck and Dena returned home so we had time to visit with them a bit, and Leah and Jeremy, before we left Sunday.

In front of Spoule Hall is a disc to mark the area. It reads, "This soil an dthe air space extending above it shall not be a part of any nation and shall not be subject to any entity's jurisdiction." Not quite sure where they get the authority to proclaim that...

Spoule Hall is an administration building where the 1960s "Free Speech Movement" began. Now very calm.

Bob took us to see the campus' T. Rex, and he and Ros hammed it up as I took a picture from above.

I expecially liked this picture of a football player getting bandaged, which dates to 1898, I think. Somewhat different outfit than today's protected players!