First Impressions

I decided that I would write an entry as soon as I got settled in and comfortable, but that's impossible in the conditions that I found myself in the first night. We rolled into Vancouver around 9:00 PM, got divided into groups, and went our separate ways. As the majority went on buses to dorms, condos, and decent hotels, nine of us "mountain drivers" got stuck on the North side of town, at the Lynnwood Hotel, literally in between two sets of railroad tracks.

I can deal with trains.

What I can't deal with is the live band that played second rate covers all night long in the bar below our rooms. In between their set techno music pounded our floor. This is the type of hotel that would have vibrating beds, but they don't because the music does the trick. I don't know what time I fell asleep, but the cops came at 3:00 AM to break up the party.

I don't know what today will bring, but this is a situation where if you can't beat em, you gotta join em. Maybe you will find me in a no name hotel bar somewhere in Vancouver. Chances are, not. I am doing my best to get the freak out! More to follow.