Tuesday 18 June
We arrived in Vancouver before the time we had even left Auckland, on the same day (cause of the time difference)! We arrived around 3pm. Ben and Jane Pickles were at the airport waiting for us, picked us up and we loaded ourselves and our gear into a minivan they had hired to fit us all in. We unpacked a little and then went for a walk around the Endowment Lands which is a forest and Queen Elizabeth Park near the Pickles’ house. Tom cooked us a lovely dinner; salmon with 3 lovely salads! Relaxing evening and an early night.