Hmmmmm, so we’ve been in Vancouver for a little over 2 months now... going on 3 months. We stayed in an Airbnb for the first month and we moved into our current place at the beginning of November. We found a place with a 5 month lease which is exactly what we needed. We live downtown, but near the sea wall, which we love. That is actually why we picked our current place. In just a few steps we can walk the sea wall and not to much further we can walk along English Bay. The great thing about downtown Vancouver is that everything is within walking distance, so we can easily walk to Stanley Park too.

Our time here as been relatively quiet, we haven’t done a lot of crazy exploring. Tyler works a lot and his injury has kept us from venturing too far out of downtown, we have found fun stuff to do though. On a regular bases we walk the sea wall and one weekend we walked all the way to Stanley park. So far Stanley park is one of our favorite places.

While hanging out in Stanley park we found the Totem poles which Tyler loved. I thought they were cool too, but as an artist Tyler loved them. Stanley park is super cool because you can experience so many different things. We walked by the water and I always find it super fascinating to see the city right up against the ocean. And then we walked through the park with paved walk ways and leafing trees. There is also an aquarium in Stanley park, but we haven’t checked it out yet.

We walk every where, which I really love and the photo below was fun. This is English Bay where Tyler found the accessible beach mat. He has a whole new appreciation for handicap access.

In regards to Tyler’s injury. He’s doing a lot better. He’s still in his boot, but he’s allowed to put weight on it and starting next week he can start weening off his boot. He also started physical therapy, which is really helping and hopefully he’ll be out of his boot by the time we leave for Christmas.

One weekend we went to Olympic village and saw Jojo Rabbit, which was so good. Taika Waititi is one of our favorite directors, he also directed Hunt for the Wilderpeople… you should just go watch all of Tiaka’s films, they’re good. We also walked back to our apartment from Olympic village which was really pretty. It was about a 2 mile walk, which seems pretty normal to us now. I walk about 3 to 4 miles a day.

We’ve also checked out Granville Island, which we really enjoy. There’s a market there with tons of fresh produce, fish and a bunch of different places to eat. We like to frequent Granville often to try different types of food. That is one thing that’s really fun about Vancouver, all the food. There are so many different places to eat and so many different things to try.

We also recently drove to Washington which was fun. I really wanted to go to Sierra Trading Post for my birthday and the closest one is in Bellingham, which is only an hour a way, wahoo! There are a lot of other things we would love to do… like lots of hiking, but with Tyler’s injury those things aren’t really an option and now it’s getting cold. Vancouver also has lots of winter options, like snowboarding, but we probably won’t be doing that either, haha. Our time here is actually passing faster than I expected, which doesn’t really bother me. It will be fun to figure out what’s next for us. It’s always a little tough feeling unsettled, but I always try to remind myself that Jesus is the constant. Okay, that’s it for today!