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Full circle

Full circle,we are back in Vancouver, in an airb&b place very central - good spot, very nice apartment, modern with a little outside deck to sit on - and we are minutes from down town Vancouver.   Not that we are too bothered as we are cream crackered - interstate driving - and then city driving all very different from the wide open spaces we have passed through over the last few weeks.  Its that point in the holiday when its time to go home....

The car has gone back - we are unsure as to whether it still housed a mousecedes or not, we haven't had any food or drink in there for a few days but I did discover when I unpacked my emergency pants they had been shredded!!!  BUT they were my emergency pants and I hadn't needed them so they could  have become part of a nest any time over the last weeks...

The car people seemed quite happy with the mess we left the car in having practically lived in it for 60 days - we didn't mention mousecedes but there was a lot of shredded blue stuff, paper and pants lying about!! 

Next I'm going to try and pack sensibly but I fear I will have to abandon the Grey Goose bottle

I thought this picture summed up our rather getting a bit scuzzy lifestyle over the last few weeks, empty 1.75 litre Grey Goose bottle and almost full washing up liquid!!! We have stomachs of iron lined with vodka who needs clean plates!!!






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