Haven of Green....

Well, never say never. I said I wouldn't ever drive an electric vehicle in my lifetime (various old man reasons), but when Netflix dictates that cast and director drivers have to indeed operate one, well, hmnnnn, either that or stay home, hmnnnn.

 

Random, a shout out to Bin 4 Burger Lounge in Burnaby, for their quite tasty mushroom burger.

Had a quick Asahi at the Nikkei Matsuri Festival earlier this month.

We spent one night at the PNE. (Remind me to never park in the Pacific Coliseum parking lot again, took almost 30 minutes to get out.)

What a great night. We  thoroughly enjoyed the.......

We spent a bit of time on Labour Day at Edmonds Park. Hosted by the Vancouver and New Westminster and district labour councils.

Look! I made the evening news! (I'd recognize that schnoz anywhere!)

I'm not saying I am holier than thou.......

Omg, the new reality. I'm in there somewhere. We all had to find Tesla super-charging stations almost daily. It was a full house at this one in Coquitlam. (20-25 mins. to get the batteries to 80%, 45-50 mins. to get them to 100%, just sayin.)

Spent 2 days filming at the Juniper Lodge (Swiss Canadian Mountain Range Association) in the hills above Coquitlam.

Very lodge looking.

The, stopped at a light, is that really me driving a Tesla?, pic.

Just a boring pic of my Tesla sitting innocently outside of the lunch tent, while I dined with the Teamster peeps.

The not so boring, someone backed into my Tesla while I was eating, that's a shame, pic.

Hard to believe any bare land exists between Surrey and White Rock.

We spent 2 days filming beside Colebrook Park.......

......where it was also hard to believe we could own Colebrook road for the 2 days. Now this is the kind of traffic I can live with!

The moon over Mt. Baker pic.

Look up, wayyyyy up. Sitting outside of the director's residence downtown. She's up there somewhere.

Look down, look wayyyyy down. My Tesla is down there on Abbott Street. (On this day I had to let the cleaners into the apartment.)

Wow, what views.......

....except for my finger being in the way.

One director driver + 3 cast drivers = 4 Teslas.

On this night a bit of an eclipse on the harvest full moon.

Two days of navigating traffic on 176 street in Langley. We filmed 2 days on the streets of downtown Cloverdale.

Fellow Teamster peeps Eugene and Randy hamming it up doing what Randy described as a "Silence of the Lambs" reference.

The Teamsters boys enjoying lunch on a beautiful day in West Point Grey in Vancouver.

Awwwww, thanks John for topping me up, much appreciated?

Hello darkness my old friend, back at Riverview again........

Spent 3 days filming, guess what, hospital scenes at one of my favourite standing by spots. (Lots of places to hide, lol.)

Keep looking.........

Well, this trip started out nice as we departed on the ferry from Tsawwassen. 

 

First stop was in White Rock.....

....to pay our respects and tidy up the grave marker of my grand-parents.

Then we took the can't help ourselves, killing time at a Wal-Mart in Tsawwassen, hey there's us on the check-out register, pic.

Off we go!

We landed in Nanaimo then started making our way north cruising by Union Bay on our way to Comox.

You know what they say, it's not the size of your engine.....

We made a visit to the Comox Air Force Museum. Now why should this poor fellow be in the ejection seat alone?

Yay! Now he has some company for his ride.

Landing at YQQ.....

We went outside to look at some of the vintage aircraft, for August it was a little on the chilly and windy and  rainy side. (Hmnnnn, could this be a town to retire in?)

.....can honestly say I've never seen one of these before.

Wow, now that's old school......

The gunner's seat, I wonder if he had to pay more for this window seat.

We tried to check out the beaches at Courtenay, but it was too miserable that evening.

It was a little brighter the next day when we went to check out the beach at Goose Spit Park in Comox.

Hmmmnnn, do we keep looking, or could this be it?

Selfie time, retire time??

Time to head home. We stopped along the way to check out some of the beaches between Comox and the Nanaimo ferry. This ship hull we saw was is in Deep Bay. (I think.)

Fallish weather cut this stop short.

We tried to get on an earlier ferry than our 8 p.m. reservation, but to no avail. So we found a beach in Nanaimo that we had all to ourselves. A shame the neighborhood was way out of our price range, lol.

 Planta Park is open to the public, so all the rich folks can watch us having a glorious afternoon.

Found  many water pools that contained a lot of sea life, including oysters........

......and omg, so many starfish. Keep looking and think about keeping looking? (So exhausting!)

Our time off was most of the summer. Now it was time to strategize with fellow Teamster peep Eugene about our upcoming Netflix show, which we are not allowed to talk about, but goes by the production name Haven Green. September is and has been very busy. Keep looking.

A schedule to keep.......

We were out of time on our little adventure with Auntie, but determined to keep to the schedule and see the ocean, albeit not quite what we were hoping for. The Boundary Bay Dyke Trail in Delta was interesting enough, though.

 

Well, I will not be buying Samsung again anytime soon. This month has been multiple calls to the Samsung hotline, two visits from the repairman, and still we have issues with the "main power control board"? Don't get me started on the dryer, lol, it has a mind all it's own, either shuts off with the clothes still wet, or stays on until we're close to calling the fire department.

Serenity now! (Burned off a lot of steam going on walks during my work hiatus/retirement.)

We were treated to a wonderful Saturday evening.......

......at fellow Teamster peep Marc's penthouse apartment downtown......

.....for the Celebration of Light fireworks display at English Bay! Wow, what a scene!

Tonight it was the U.K.'s turn to show-off their pyrotechnic skills. (They did, and they won the competition between themselves, Malaysia and Portugal. What a great night hanging with our transport gang and their significant others. Thanks again Marc and Teresa.

Let's tuck in this random, what a night at Glowbal restaurant, thanks again Earth Abides director Stephen Campanelli for the gift certificate, pic.

Another story for another day. Did not quite look the same with my loaner Ford Escape sitting in my parking spot, while my quite larger Ford Expedition was getting some paint touches at the body shop.

A deceiving pic. We were oot and aboot in Vancouver town. We had to meet up with family for lunch and literally had about 10 minutes to get a selfie in at Olympic Village.

Auntie and niece, how sweet.

That was a long day, the last stop was at Boundary Bay.

More selfie time!

The next must on the schedule was a Vancouver Canadians baseball game. Glad bro Skip, and my niece could attend.

Is it just me or does wasabi always seem to win the beloved Sushi races?

On one of my daily walks, new neighbors in the hood.

Yes, we had a lot of fun with these guys on this evening.