Old man of the hills or sighting of the sasquatch

..either way it was very nice to have the old man pay us a flying visit after attending some conference or other. We picked him up from the airport and then headed into Downtown Vancouver. H and I are trying to save money and Dad didn't want to spend loads so we all ended up staying at the Samesum Hostel. A little odd for pops no doubt! We had a pleasent meal out that evening.
Wednesday we hooked up with Patsy who was very suprised to see us all and wondered over to Granville Island which is a better than average tourist trap between two of the large bridges that connect the peninsular of Downtown to the rest of Vancouver. We had a really nice meal and a few glasses of wine and tried not to buy any tourist tat although there was a lot of good stuff.
The following day we decided to do an overnight hike to a shelter at Elfin lakes east of Squamish. A 3.5hr hike in, all up hill, leads to a beautiful location as you will have seen from the pictures as its the same location we have just returned from. We stayed over night and had a brief day hike before returning, pops did well but did look a little pooped when we went for beer and yam fries in the Squamish pub. We drove back top vancouver and stayed at the Holiday Inn near the airport, this was a real treat for H and I who enjoyed the large bed. Pops jumped on the plane ;eaving us to sleep in on Sat morning. All in all a very pleasent little side trip. We're planning a 5 day hike to take up some time before we head home.