Sunny - ah - I mean - Snowy Vancouver, BC.

Well, it nevers snows in Vancouver, we have been reliably told over and over. However, there is a good 10 inches of snow right outside my camper. And I am pretty sure that white stuff floating down the other day, wasn't whipped cream.

It is nearly the end of January, and this snow has been around since before Christmas, and hasn't melted away though. Good news though, the snow man we made on the picnic table beside our camper, has melted considerably, in fact he is now only 2 storeys, not 3. So the sun is starting to make an impact. In fact the last couple of days, have been above freezing even overnight, so we have running water and all! (as compared to the frozen kind - which - really is no good at all).

We picked up some great snow clothes for the kids from the local Value Village, last time we stayed here in March last year. And now they fit them perfectly, so we have been having a daily walk in the snow, snow fights and a little sledding on a perfect little dip at the edge of the campground.

There is a river running along side us (we are actually on a small island) and I noticed as we drove over the bridge today that the ice floating down it is greatly reduced. So - maybe - we have seen the end of this "unseasonably cold" cold snap and we can get back to the normal rainy old Vancouver everybody seems to know and love!


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Earthquakes, Snow and Floods - hold the locusts!

We had an 5.4 earthquake tonight. Shook the whole RV, as it would. Kids were having a bath in a tub on the kitchen floor. I thought something had run into us there was a bang and a shudder like when Le hitches the truck on ... Le and I looked at each other and both said - was that an earthquake? Neither of us has been in an earthquake before.

The neighbors next door came over to check we were ok. We had talked to them only a few days ago about never having felt an earthquake, I guess we spoke too soon. Le has been stressing big time about driving north in the middle of winter. The snow has definately come, so there is no avoiding that. But now - possibly even worse - is the rain has come too and their is major flooding all through Washington state. They have closed one part of the I5 for 20miles because it is 3ft under water!!!!

Not good. Our visa expires Feb 2 so we have to be out. We have a few more warranty repairs to be done next week, and we want to be on the road by Thursday - but there are backlogs of traffic, 1000's of trucks cant get through. It potentially is going to be very difficult.

I hope we get good weather. I will have to go check the 10 day forecast again.