Apples!

We have a 40 minute wait at the border to cross into British Columbia, and go sailing toward Vancouver until the gridlock. It is Friday afternoon of the long weekend, and 5 lanes going toward Vancouver are being squished into one! I'd like to know what urban planner thought that was a good idea! Painfully, we inch our way to the 1 lane - and 1 hour later we are moving again, slowly but surely. We arrive at our friends Ray and Lesley. They have a beautiful new condo in North Vancouver with a breath taking view of Lion's Head Mountaintop. Wow. We are glad to have arrived. They graciously give up their bed for us and sleep on an egg crate mattress on the floor. I guess that's what friends are for - we are grateful! In the tour books we read that the Okanagan valley exports 1/3 of Canada's apples - amazing! We thought Niagara Region would have that status. Apparently not. It is good to catch up with Ray and Les - it's about Apples with them too! Rip is in technical heaven as Ray shows pictures on Apple TV. I guess that will be our new acquisition when we get home! Ray is a school VP and Lesley is an Educational Assistant - the teachers are on strike in BC, so there is lots of stress for them. I guess the students weren't able to bring their teacher an apple for this year end!