Taking in a Show in Vancouver

 Hullo... literally... we are on the Hullo ferry!!! Some people pronounce it like "Hoo-low". It is not prounced like a hula hoop. No. It is Hullo!

Anyhow... we are going over to Vancouver... that is the Gabriola Island ferry... it is electric!

It's a bit damp out there... but that's ok... I have a backpack I can be accommodated in...

And here we are in Vancouver. Seriously, the Hullo ferry is so beary civilized...

Expensive yes... but soooo convenient!

After a bus ride or two... and some other activities... we ended up at Starbucks! With someone else... can you guess??

Come on... guess... who are we having tea with???

Yes!! It's Rose!!!!

So excited to see Rose!!!!

She was telling us about her job at the theatre...

She is a working as a swing hand or something... swing stage thingie? Basically she fills in for other stage hands when they have a day off or get sick... She has to memorize all sorts of prop hand offs and stage changes and thingies...

It looks beary complicated... but she loves doing it and is beary happy with the job!

Which is good... you want to be happy with your job!

This stuffie would have trouble doing it... that's for sure...

We are going to see a play over there!! Is that Art Deco? 

It looks kind of Art Deco!

Rose got us free tickets in the second row! 

Oooh... there's the stage... we were told we can't take pics of anything while the show is playing sooo...

We grabbed a few beforehand!! And it was a great show!

Afterwards Rose gave us a quick behind-the-scenes tour...

There's lots of switches and things...

And she had to go up this ladder to do stuff up there.

Pulling fly levers and goodness knows what... 

It's all Greek to me but she does get a good view of the stage from up here...

Ah-hem... ladies and gentleman...

It is I, Alexander Mackenzie Bear, Explorer Extrordinaire... Renaissance Bear and... where'd everyone go???

Ah well... I don't think I have a career in stage... afterwards we went back to Rose's place and had a staring contest with Lexie... who seems to think that I am some toy brought by Mama...

No Lexie. NOT a toy... NOT!

Eekkkkk!!!!

Seriously... a bear gets no peace here! But it was great to have a quick visit and see Rose!

 

On an Island Adventure

Hullo! We are going on an island adventure! How do you go on an island adventure when you live on an Island? Well... you just find a smaller island!

Today we are going to go and explore Denman Island.

They have two ferries running at this time of the year because it is summertime. And Denman Island is an intermediary stop to the next island, which is Hornby Island!

So we had to wait for a bit... but luckily it was a gorgeous sunny day!

And we are on the ferry!!!!

It's just a little ferry...

See... little ferry!

Right, we are here! We went to a local park and...

Went to explore the beach.

Gorgeous!! With lots of seashells to poke at...

And beach logs to relax against! And drinks to sip... (well, no, there aren't any drinks at the beach... but you can BYOD).

We are staying at an Airbnb which has beachfront access!!

You know... I think my humans are really prepping for the year-end sekrebeary review!

They will definitely score high in the "Adventures" category!

And... hmmm... M&M peanuts... they aren't doing too bad in the snacks category either...

We have an absolutely gorgeous view out towards the east. That is Hornby Island on the right there.

As for our Airbnb... it has a posh bathroom!

Which means very little to a stuffie... of course...

But I could see how the humans would ooh-ahh over the shower!

We had a little kitchen as well...

And a lot of wildlife art... of the canine variety.

Somebody likes wolves but... if I had to rate this place... I would mention that they could add a few bear pics! Hmph.