The final day! Already I have left America for this year and I’ve just had five hours in Vancouver city centre. Now I’m at Vancouver airport waiting for my flight home and then eventually returning to Scumsville (a.k.a. Southampton!). Hopefully, I’ve got a good seat for the journey so it should be as comfortable as possible as it can be in Cattle Class. In the meantime, I’m enjoying the free wi-fi.

It’s a pity that Vancouver was a little wet; the only proper rain I’ve seen for several weeks now.

From inside a bookstore:

Isn't it already big enough?

Seen outside of the Art Gallery. These guys (and the token girl!) were amazing. The noise could be felt as well as heard. I did notice that the guy in the gallses directly behind the music case was wearing ear plugs! The performance seemed to be designed to raise money for a tour and looking at the amount collected, I would suggest that they had well over 300 Canadian dollars in the notes that I could see, plus there was no end of coinage. They even had 5 dollars of my money! Well done, guys.

The Falcons

 

Oppps.. just realised that there was no day 15 update. That’s because I was traveling from Albuquerue, New Mexico to Portland, Oregon. According to my sat nav, had I decided to to drive, it would have taking 24hrs and 23 minutes. Instead, I flew, of course – that felt like travelling for 24 hrs 23 mins, though!

I’ve got my third rental, the “best” so far. It’s is a Dodge Charger – a huge great tank-like think but in white. It has a 5.7 litre engine and certainly gets on with it when the throttle is floored. It must be about 100ft long (or perhaps just seems like it). Apart from the obvious controls such as steering, brakes etc, everything is done by a touch sensitive screen. The one downside is that I cannot find a way or turning off the radio. Having turning it on and found every station to be American rock music, I now can’t turn it off! I’ve even downloaded the 571 page Owner’s Manual and I’m still none the wiser. Today, I’m going to buy a hammer – perhaps that will sort it!

More later – time for breakfast.

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