Vancouver Island - Lake Cowichan

Then we met up with Areli and Chris Yeomans for camping at Lake Cowichan (still Vancouver Island). We camped at a beach spot and here the water was a lot warmer = many swims.

Chris Yeomans, the master chef, prepared a great barbecue

Areli and Mango on the beach

Vancouver Island

We spent five days on Vancouver Island, starting with 2 days at Long Beach. We camped between Ucluelet and Tofino and made hikes to the amazing beaches (cold water!) and forests (big trees!).

We enjoyed a romantic dinner at a restaurant by the beach in a national park.

But Mango was clearly not so impressed...

The restaurant

A really nice "vacation from the vacation" for the three of us.

Portraits after 2 months

Oh yeah!

Hike around the lake

Mango with his friend Nathan going on a roadtrip


Chris, Mango, Adam and Nathan at Sasmat Lake.

Saturday night

Malin's family from Sweden at the restaurant Bridges on Granville island, close to where we live. Sunset over the city, great seafood and amazing flarn dessert (we had to order more...).

Malin's sister Maria wishing she could liven up Mango's dull menu with shrimps and white wine...

Garibaldi Lake

Pretty proud after his first hike - 9 km up hill in a baby bjorn carrier.

Garibaldi Lake in front of snowcapped mountains and glacier. The stunning view was worth the sore legs, blisters and mosquito bites.

Did we mention sore legs...?

Some brave swimmers

Gittan (Malin's mum) and her husband Sandy

Camping

Just to set the stage for our camping...

Sandy, Maria & Gustav in a teambuilding exercise

Father and son sharing stories around the camp fire

Mango's first night in a tent

Whistler - Olympic Games 2010

The new "Peak-to-Peak" Gondola that takes you between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. It holds like 4 different world records that we can't remember but are all about being high and big and long.... We had a great afternoon taking 2 lifts up, this one over and another one down while enjoying amazing views.

Whistler is gearing up to be the main venue when Vancouver is hosting the Olympic and Paraolympic Games in 2010. Here are the olympic medalists in family fun - gold to Anna, silver to Gittan and bronze to Maria.

Brandywine Waterfalls, 70 meters

Grannies

Chris childhood home / parents' house in Surrey

Two proud grannies... or as they call themselves: "oma" (german) and "mormor" (swedish)

Sleeping beauty

Bbq at our beach

Gustav, Mango, Anna, Maria, Sandy, Malin & Gittan when we are having barbecue at our usual spot between Kits beach and Vanier park...


... facing this view of the mountains and sea

Sightseeing sunny Vancouver

Granville island is a gorgeous little place, 10 min from where we live, with arts center, theaters, fruit market, handicrafts, Chris' tennis court and places, like this, to lounge by the water.


Chris posing on the dock at the new Olympic village (the white roof in the background is BC place - Vancouver's big stadium).


Fancy (and very comfy) "park benches" at the Olympic village

Family Olsson visiting from Sweden

Gittan, Malin's mother - now a very proud "mormor" = grandmother


Gittan's husband Sandy with Mango


Mango has found a new favourite place to sleep - on aunt Maria

Oncle Gustav with a sleepy Mango in his new african shorts


Gustav's girlfriend Anna has a very good hand with Mango

Canada Day

Very windy but still sunny.

We took the barbecue to our beach and spent the afternoon.

In the morning we had the last appointment at Pomegranate, our midwifery group. Mango has gained 1 kg since birth, now at 4130 g. A bit sentimental to "graduate" from Janice and Kat who have been great and important to us.