Tom's Garden

We started the day with Laura taking a very bad fall on the way to Tom's place.  Being a trooper, she got herself dusted off and we kept trekking to Tom's, but her whole body took the force of it and was bound to be quite sore later.  If there is an upside, her face didn't hit (which I thought it did at first) and it confirmed our need to scrap plans for the Oakanagan/Nelson holiday and just sit back and relax.  When will we ever have free beach-front accommodations in Vancouver again?

Tom took us to see his plants at the community garden.  Vancouver has quite a few of these gardens that have been planted along unused railroads.  Several seem to be squatter gardens, but this one has rent paid to CP for use ($10/year seems reasonable!).  He has planted some great sunflowers, mini-corns (on huge stalks), purple carrots, tomatoes, & peas.  It's a beautiful garden and a lovely place to sit on a bench and chat.

We then headed down to Kit's Beach and saw some areas and grabbed a surprisingly fantastic hamburger from the concession stand there.  I don't generally spend a lot of time contemplating food, but I've had some unexpectedly great grub on this holiday!  We had sat for a while with a great view from two points on the beach and then walked back up to Broadway with Tom.

Laura and I were considering going to see the Pineapple Express, but got waylaid by a patio that offered views of a super-fine looking man and some tasty frosted beverages.  Seriously hot.  Stop in your tracks hot.  Nice to know it still happens once and a while :)  The man left, but the beverages stayed and we decided to scrap the movie for the night and have an earlier evening.

Our trip home was slowed by our bagel-crises.  There are surprisingly few things open in Vancouver at night and almost none supply bread products.  In the end, Safeway saved the day and our crises was averted.  I love holidays where the quest for bread products rank as a crises!