I was prepared to leave Seattle in August if there were fires. It rained a lot instead of burning and I'll take a rainy summer any day.. less apocalyptic. Since there were no fires, we stayed in the great Northwest and went to Vancouver.
My mom came with us which was brave of her. We spent two nights at an AirBnB in the Kitsilano beach neighborhood (a new favorite). We visited the largest pool in North America - over 100 meters long. We walked over the Capilano suspension bridge and visited their Redwood park that looked a lot like a Redwood park we visited in New Zealand. We visited their amazing science center and experienced the Fly Over Canada ride.
The kids fought a lot. It was annoying. Our third night we visited the very cool Fairmont in the Vancouver Airport. When we arrived, I put my feet up and wanted to watch a home decorating show on the large TV in our room. The kids instantly started to complain.. they wanted to watch their own show, this wasn't fair, blah blah etc. My mom looked very confused by this behavior. Her children did not do this apparently. She told them it did not matter what they wanted. Their mom was paying for the room so they needed to do what I wanted. This was news to all of us. The kids were so shocked by this idea they were quiet, and I started to consider that 'it doesn't matter what you want' might be something to add to a book I am writing called 'How to make your children less whiney and entitled.'
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| Kits beach pool |
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| lots of people can visit the pool at one time |
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| Capilano suspension bridge park |
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| All tourists visit the bridge apparently |
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