With a little shuttle boat we were brought from Lund (this is where the road to the north stops) to the start of the Sun Coast trail. We got on land in the middle of nowhere.Immediately we were amazed by the trees with orange-red stems. They looked painted. Arbutus menziesi, family of the mediterranian madroño ( 

Jeff G I saw every 10 years or so and Bob E also. We visited Jeff G and his family in Johnson Town – Tennessee, where Jeff teaches philosophy and that same year we visited Bob E and his Judy in Beachwood – Cleveland. There were suggestions to do more things together, having diner, meeting more people, but 

Two of the 3 books I took with me I finished. On top of that I took my book Spanish. In the plane I want to finish the book we decided to read for our couples reading club. Everybody was very kind and hospitable. In Europe some people have the impression that in the U.S. 

From Vancouver, with a relay in Detroit, we flew to Cleveland. There my “American brothers” Bob and Ken and also Kens wife Emily were so kind to pick us up at the air port. As I told before, at the age of 17 I was an exchange student in a family in Cleveland. I went to the 

Another picture, us waiting for a water shuttle, bringing us to the market

Vancouver beach with grand child Sienna

In the park we met a complete raccoon family, almost completely tame. In the road I saw a man walking his huge great Dane. The dog wearing dog shoes. Afraid of dirty feet? I found this ridiculous in a city. I asked for the name of the shoes. Ruff Wear the boss answered and this was 

Most cars, but not all (picture) were clean washed as compared to mine. The again in the city the soil is not clay, like the road to our house. Miel and Danya saw friend on the beach, or dow town. Sometimes we went with them, sometimes we didn’t. We went to a modern art museum, a 

Vancouver is a nice city, much water, beach, many nice opportunities to go out, clean, big park, multicultural, 1/3 of the population is Asian. We had an apartment 26 high. Because I couldn’t handle the door opener of the sky scraper I took the stairway all the way up a few times, once carrying 3 pizzas.