August 4

We were up and out at 10 am this morning and went to St. Ann's Academy.  The last time we were here we didn't know that the chapel had been preserved so we wanted to make sure we saw it.  It is stunning!

After wandering through the inner harbor we went to Chinatown.  We were going to stop at the spot we found last time for a drink (Varsha) because they did such a nice job but it was so hot we decided to carry on to a shady street and had a lovely coffee and pastry as we watched the tourists go by.

Then it was time to start heading toward the harbor airport to meet Art & Linda who were flying in from Seattle.  We had about 45 minutes before the flight was scheduled to arrive and we were so over-heated and looking for someplace cool to land.  We went to the one place we knew would be cool, shady and with good service - The Empress.  We arrived across the street at the harbor airport 5 minutes before schedule and met up with Jeff and Rose.   We all watched the plane come to the terminal and had just a short wait until they got through customs.

The plane Art & Linda arrived on

They were first off but still had to go through Canadian Customs

We walked them up to their hotel (a whole block and a half away) then went to the Bard and Banker while they checked in and then joined us.  While we were there their friend Ken Ethier joined us for a drink (another person from Santa Barbara).

At the Bard and Banker

Then we were off to order pizza from Romeo's at Rob's place.

Steps today=20,240; they were earned with buckets of sweat too!

We took a short stroll to Ogden Point to see the 3 cruise ships that are in this evening and to check out the Breakwater Barge.

Three cruise ships in this evening

Breakwater Barge party going strong