Canada Place
After the market we headed back down to the waterfront to walk around
Canada Place.
This was the Sapphire Princess which had come from Whittier, Alaska.
This cruise ship was a Holland America Line Zuiderdam, it was leaving
from Vancouver and heading to Alaska.
Maybe one day?
We walked through the skytrain station to get back to the Seabus
terminal.
Claudia and Angela on the floor surrounded by coins.
The tugboats at the Lonsdale Quay.
Another Round of Relatives for The Girls
Saturday night we headed over to my cousin Rodney's mother-in-law for
some good food and a good time. Every year they host a golf tournament
and auction to raise money for the BC Cancer society. This was the 16th
year. The food is amazing, here is Claudia trying a raw oyster.
Gillisn trying her oyster.
Here is Kay, she came over from Victoria for the golf. We stayed at her
house while we were in Victoria.
The girls and Jesse waiting for dinner.
Some of the delicious food.
A half of pig.
After dinner they hold a live auction, silent auction and raffle prize
draws. Here is my cousin Rodney starting the auction.
They auctioned off donated items like a box of toilet paper (over $100),
a pair of tickets to a Canada/Norway Mens hockey game (over $300), and
this item a box of Twizzlers. It sold for $110.
There was a bag of rice up for auction, it got up to $125 when Dad
stepped in and bid $1000 for the bag of rice.
Dad was actually only the messenger or proxy bidder. My cousin Mo had
left Dad a cheque to bid on the bag of rice. Mo and Pat were unable to
make it this year so they asked Dad to place the bid. Apparently this is
something he has been doing for a number years.
The cheque!
These golf club covers were raffle prizes, the first were given away,
but the third one was auctioned off. Half way through the bidding
someone added one of the original ones to the auction, so it was a pair
of covers, eventually the third one was added. In the end they went for
$75.
Mom and Kay.
The second bag of rice was the last item and it went for $300.
The girls with Kay.
Here is Shanna and I with Rod. I haven't seen him since 1981, I would
have been 15 years old.
Second cousins, here are the girls and Jesse with Ryan and Tyler. They
are Rod and Sharon's boys. They are the next to carry on the Tanabe name.
Here were 3 of the 13th place team in the golf tournament.
The girls enjoyed the evening so much that they said they wanted to come
back next year. Angela told Rod and he said sure, of course Angela asks
if he is going to pay for their airfare. Rod pulled out his lottery
ticket for that nights draw and said it his numbers come in he would fly
them out. (Note: When we saw Rod the next week, he told Angela his
numbers didn't come in this time)
There is our dog golf club cover that we bid on and won.
