As my H parked the car, I had my sights on Canada Place,
zooming in on this prominent landmark in the Vancouver Harbor.
We walked through part of the lobby of the Pan Pacific Hotel,
exiting onto the view of a Cruise Ship anchored right beside us
and then watched as it set sail, possibly to Alaska.
Now I'm not sure if we started something new
when we decided to skip the gift giving for the guys' birthdays this summer.
In the end, we could not just leave it there and
decided to do something together.
The virtual flight ride, FlyOver Canada, is housed
in Canada Place and a great way to see our vast and gorgeous country from the air.
From up above we had a bird's eye view of the beautiful Maritime Islands,
flew right into the real mist of Niagara Falls,
over the Prairies, inhaling a faint scent of farming fields,
over the Rockies, instinctively dodging the mountain peaks coming towards us,
hovering over the skiers as they flew down the slopes,
then coming in low over the vineyards of the Okanagan valley,
over Vancouver and on to Vancouver Island.
I wished I could take photos
but they were not allowed, so
I've probably said enough.
Thinking outside the box of the usual sibling time
this was definitely a date to remember.
After our "flight" we had dinner on a patio
and all enjoyed that not one of us had to cook.
A gift we could all appreciate and share.
7 comments:
What a fun way to spend a day!
Now that's my kind of celebration! Glad you had a good time!
Time spent together is often the best gift! We taken that flight twice now...with different 'seatmates' each time. A great ride!
Sounds fun!! We took a similar "flight" at Disney World. I recall smelling the citrus trees as we flew over them and also plunging over a cliff into the ocean. Amazing what technology can assimilate, isn't it?
It was time for a new tradition. If it continues in the years to come, we will enjoy time spent together. Family time is precious!
Aw - that's a great idea to have an outing instead of a gift exchange. The FlyOver Canada centre sounds fabulous. We must try to see that sometime! Hope your summer is going well!
You know what? This is a real good idea! Spending "time" together, at this stage of life, seems to be the best of all gifts to give. I would have loved that flight technology, and ending it with time around the table...what could be better!
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