Filler.....(well, not really)

Back home in the Lower Mainland. Spent one day going out to White Rock and Crescent Beach, on our side of the Pacific Ocean.

 

........but first I had to get back home. Got to terminal 1 at Narita just after 11 a.m. Flight was at 18:30, lot's of time to explore.....

.....actually, too much time to explore. More than once I had to go outside and get some fresh air.

I spy with my little eye, is that a WestJet plane??Mine???

Arriving early at least got me first in line to check my bags. (That was at 14:30, still 4 hours to go.)

Made it to my boarding gate 16, yikes, still a little early.

Finally on the plane. I was in premium economy, and I'll take that view any day.

A tasty, albeit blurry dinner was served.....

....and much to my surprise they served breakfast at was like noon Alberta time and around 4 a.m. Narita time.

....getting close to Calgary for the first time in, hmnnn, I don't remember the last time.

Had 1 1/2 hours in Calgary, then a short flight to Vancouver. This was a cloudy, best I'm going to get view of the Canadian Rockies.

Coming into Vancouver, the mighty Fraser River.

April 1st, no joke, finally back in Vancouver.

The only casualty of the trip. The cup I loved to have a drink out of in Fukuoka...... well the cup says it all, sigh.

....back to the bean mornings, yay!

.... back walking the hood, the no-one on the sidewalk, old man is happy, pic.

Parked the rig outside of the Elections Canada office in South Vancouver 4 times for training and meetings. Why? I was hired to work for the recent federal election at a polling place I am so familiar with, the Nikkei Japanese Cultural Centre, so close to our place.

Well, Ritsue's birthday was upon us and I thought, what to do for dinner. If your not a meat lover, sorry. (Yes that was $62.88 for a couple of steaks.)

......but c'mon! 4 weeks later and my mouth is still watering.

Here we go.....no pressure.....

Perfection! A shout-out to Kea's Meats and Deli, they know their meats. (Bought some elk burger as well, and that was quite a treat as well.)

.......full circle to White Rock. It was time to head out to the Everall family plot and tidy things up.

....and we did.

.....too bad we don't live closer.....

Another shout-out, this time to B & D Authentic Viet Cuisine, close to our place. Always so good. (This was the lemongrass chicken on rice, just sayin.)

All I can show of my 05:00 to 23:00 shift as polling place supervisor for the Nikkei Centre voting place in the federal riding of Vancouver Fraserview-South Burnaby. It was honestly one of the most tiring, challenging, mind-numbing, but yet so rewarding days of employment I have ever experienced. A shout-out to my team, I could not of done it without them. I had a lot of youth (younger to me, like anyone under 30, lol. I have renewed faith in young people, so refreshing.)

(This pic was taken before the polls opened.)

.......and here we are, Mother's Day. Sis made a trip to the family plot in Penticton. The lilacs she brought were Mom's favourite. Miss you mom. Also, a miss you to sis Gail, who was, well what the markers say.