Vancouver Aquarium

 

Lili and I took Kai and Luk over to go to the zoo. It was raining a bit too much so we did a pivot and went to the Aquarium instead.  We're very happy with how things turned out.

Sloths, monkeys AND we stayed dry.

We ubered to the New Town Bakery in Chinatown for some fabulous Chinese Dim Sum for a late lunch at their hidden restaurant.  Worth the jaunt.

There is a dragon exhibit with models that can be touched.  This was fabulous for Kai.

Kai took this picture.

Kenai and Izzy.

Izzy.

Kenai.  He's a mere 1540 lbs.

His underbite is the cutest thing ever.

All of the stunts or tricks they do in some way helps the keepers keep them cared for.  Showing off bellies, under fins and movements in the water.  The show was interesting.

All of their animals are rescues.

Kai's favorite part was the sharks, Luk's was the sloths.

I mean, it just never gets old finding Nemo and Dory.

Little Squishies.

This fellow was huge.

Lili spotted the 1st sloth, she had to get a picture and zoom in for me to see.

This is how we figured out that Kai couldn't find any animals in the enclosures, so I took pictures of them all and then zoomed in to show him on my phone.

Tedious and slow but it worked and he had a great day.

Too cute.

Yuk.  Ew.  However.  Zoom closer and check out the cute little face.

Obligatory Hullo ferry picture.  We packed breakfast.

Another cutie.

The sea otters are always fun.  The crowds were nuts to see them and they move super fast.  I wanted a picture of them rafting to show Kai but I couldn't find a place to break through the people.

The sea lions are in the old Baluga tank.  So we got to see them underwater.  They are HUGE when they swim right by you.

This is a better picture of Kenai's adorable underbite.

It was a good day.  Long.  We were definitely tired.  So worth it.

Sloths!!!!!!!!

 

Many of you know...I'm a tad obsessed with sloths.

There are two at the Vancouver Aquarium!!!!  And we got to see them.

A wee snack and a nap.  My spirit animal.

Absolutely obsessed.

There are two, this one was napping up high and we could just see a ball of fur.  This is Sally, she is 27.

I helped a lady and her daughter find the ball of fur up high.  There was a lot of murmuring around us about how they sleep up high and no one ever sees them.  A few minutes later she came back in the room and said you helped us so I've come back to get you.  The other one is in this corner.  So we scurried.  He was just waking and stretching.  Then we got to watch Hurricane climb around to his snack bowl, grab a wee bite and swing, crawl, upside down to his napping basket.  Sooooo cool.  

Sloth butt.

His right toe is missing.  He is a rescue.  I don't know his story and I haven't found out much about them online.  This is Hurricane.  He's 2.

Such a marvelous surprise.  Saved us a trip to Honduras :)

Swoon.

From the Aquarium's Instagram.

Failed attempt.

 

Eric and I had a free night.  Our plan was to do a wheeling day with friends and then camp in Oscar and Squirrel. 

The friends schedule was changing.  Eric wanted to get some things done.  The wheeling part got dropped.

We did three dump runs.  Household garbage, yard waste, metal, wood, Styrofoam and a ton of cardboard. Phew.  In the middle of that Eric took an hour and cut out the beautiful shelves in Squirrel.  They were fancy but ultimately I needed more height.

Eric had ordered me a recovery gear set for Squirrel and it just wouldn't fit and I didn't want muddy ropes on my bed.  

Oscar has recovery gear but on group runs the closest winch helps and it's more polite to use your own recovery gear versus possibly breaking someone else's gear.  Mine will likely remain unused but if I'm ever away from Eric then I have it.  I'm a winch away from being properly equipped out there.  I feel tough.

Have I mentioned how powerful it feels to use your Jeep as intended? Slamming through branches, bouncing through dips and potholes, climbing logs, rocks and off camber hills.  I'm starting to see why Onyx is met with such disdain in some circles.  She isn't being a real Jeep.

We packed our food and finally set off late afternoon.  The plan had changed so many times.  I wanted to camp, Eric needed to test drive Oscar.  We opted for heading to Kissinger and meeting friends there.  Their plans were morphing and they were attempting to get camping with us.

On the way into Youbou I radioed Eric that Oscar was smoking and stinky.  The work he had just done had failed.  So, we limped home.

Changed plans again.

We went home, switched Jeeps and met friends at Bright Angel for a picnic dinner and the boys all played.

Not ideal.

Going with the flow.

We did attempt dropping me at a campsite but by then Oscar was grinding so we just keep on limping in case Eric needed me.

This is our safety plan.  With two of us there should reasonably always be one to rescue the other.

I've only slept one night in Squirrel and she's already had a renovation.  Lol.  However, everything does fit so much better now.

The metal load.

Another Temu order came in.  Baby dragons for Onyx to hand out.

Eric is hunting down repair help and parts today.  He is feeling stress.  His Whipsaw Trail trip is coming up this weekend.  No one knows if the trip is still a go.  A few days ago it wasn't looking possible with highway closures.  

I woke to another low today.  Dammit.  Cereal and milk and an apple dipped in biscoff cream.  Yum. 

I slowed down and took the time to enjoy eating forbidden foods.  The shaking and sweating are under control.  Now moving into a chill.  At least I have a pattern ;)  

I don't think it's safe to be in the hot tub on my own so I told Eric I'd wait until he gets back from his errand.  In the meantime I'll blog and then try a nap to reset my temperature.

Why yes, I do bore myself.  I'm sick and tired of taking care of me.  I'm very needy.  

Tomorrow is my 2nd Tremfya infusion and Squirrel goes in for the 4rth attempt to fix the airbag situation.

I need to blog about yesterday still.  Other than that, I don't have much planned for the next couple days.