Airport Drive

I drove to the Toronto airport in the morning via the 407 on a weekday in just under an hour. That was a success all on it's own. Quickly found a parking spot as there were lots to choose from and met up with my Mom who came in from Kitchener - let the adventure begin!

We dropped off our luggage and updated our boarding passes to 'priority', so my mom had a little extra time to board. Sometimes travelling with seniors has some advantages!

Easy, uneventful flight to Vancouver - just under 5 hours. My mom won the carousel luggage challenge so the first round of cocktails were on me! Grabbed an Uber from the airport which took about 30 minutes, ($40) to take us to our accommodations for the night. Our hotel: Carmana Hotel & Suites. Great location - 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom suite on the 24th floor with a balcony - cool views!

After freshening up in the apartment, we headed out on foot and walked down to the harbour since it was such a beautiful day. We walked along the waterfront promenade and stopped for an early dinner at Cardero's - most delicious! We were even able to sit outside on the patio - fantastic views over the harbour! After dinner we continued our walk into Stanley Park and along the seawall.

We managed to clock in 20 000 steps during our walk - not bad for a travel day! A quick stop at Shopper's Drug Mart to purchase a replacement hand cream since my Mom had hers confiscated at YYZ because it was too big!

Tried to stay awake for as long as we could to adjust to west coast time as soon as possible. But that didn't last long...we were done by 9:30 p.m.