Joy and I are waiting for our flight to Seattle from SFO in the Admiral's Club. We weren't too happy with the amenities there. It was probably the worst airline club I have been to so far.
We flew Virgin America from SFO to SEA. We were in the Main Cabin Select (MCS) which is only available in 12 seats on the air craft. In addition to a lot of extra leg room, one gets priority check-in and security line access, free food and drinks, free checked bags, and free entertainment like movies. It is kind of like their "business class" or "premium economy" class. I took advantage of the complimentary drinks. One orders the food and beverages through the touch screen monitor.
We drove from Seattle to Vancouver on the first full day of our trip. This is the monument at the US-Canada border.
Joy and I went to the Chinese Gardens in Vancouver as our first stop on Valentine's Day!
The Chinese Gardens were pretty cool. They had a tea room also.
This is a picture of downtown Vancouver from our hotel room.
Here is a nice shot of downtown Vancouver from Stanley Park at night.
Joy and I had dinner at the Boathouse at Kits Beach for Valentine's Day. The food was pretty good.
Here is acool waterfall we saw on the Sea To Sky Highway en route to Whistler from Vancouver. That highway was really scenic overall! We went to Whistler on the 2nd full day of our trip.
Joy and I decided to do some snow tubing at the Coca Cola Tube Park in Whistler.
The snow tubing was really fun! There was a beginner run as well as an intermediate run. We did both several times!
The next day, we went to explore Joffre Lakes. We passted through some tribal lands as well.
Joy and I are exploring Lynn Canyon in this photo. The suspension bridge is in the background. Lynn Canyon is in North Vancouver.
Lynn Canyon had nice trails to go hiking on.
We went to Pike's Market in Seattle on the last day of our trip.
Pike's Market is home to the fish shop where they throw the fish.
We went to the 1st Starbucks also. It is locatted near Pike's Market.
My friends in Seattle gave us this chocolate. It turned out to be really good! I am a Cowboys fan, but I will root for Seattle if they play some of their NFC West rivals like the 9ers. I hate the 49ers!!
I took Joy to Vancouver
and Whistler, British Columbia for Valentine's Day/President's Day
weekend in 2015. Our travel plans took us from Sacramento to San
Francisco International Airport first where we took a flight to Seattle
on Virgin America. I had a bunch of miles to use up on Virgin
America's partner airline, Virgin Atlantic so I was able to get two
seats in their Main Cabin Select section which is like their business
class or premium economy section. One gets the priority check in
services, complimentary checked bag, as well as priority security line
access on the ground. I also had passes for the Admiral's Club so
we chilled there before our flight to Seattle. In the air, we
were able to order complimentary snacks and alcoholic beverages via the
touch screen display. We also got complimentary movies as
well. Chooisng our rental car became a quite a chore. I was
looking for something with satellite radio so I could keep listening to
my Prime Country and Highway on SiriusXM. One could say that I am
spoiled :)
We spent the first
night with our friends, Tom & Michelle, and their little daughter
in Seattle. Tom gave us some really good Seattle chocolate, and
his wife cooked up a great feast for us. The next morning, we
departed for Vancouver. After checking into our hotel in downtown
Vancouver, we walked over to the Chinese Gardens to start off
Valentine's Day. The Dr. Sun-Yat Sen Classical Gardens were
really cool. Afterwards, we went out to Stanley Park. It
was really beautiful. We saw the totem poles as well as the
famous canon that goes off at 9:00 PM each night. Afterwards, we
went to the Boat House for dinner in Kitsilano Beach.
The next day, we headed
out to Whistler for some winter fun! After having lunch at the
Longhorn Saloon, we did snow tubing for about 2 hours at the Coca Cola
Tube Park at Whistler-Blackcomb. The Whistler Village was really
quaint and cool. The snow was not as good as we expected.
We tried some "beaver tails" also which are a pastry. Afterwards,
we had dinner at a nice Teppan restaurant in the village. We
watched the Fire and Ice Show too late that night. Then, we
headed off to Pemberton for the night. The next day, we drove
over some tribal lands to go see Joffre Lakes. The drive was
really scenic. Afterwards, we headed back to Vancouver. We
stopped at a cool waterfall on the Sea to Sky Highway.
Afterwards, we went to Lynn Canyon Park to see the suspension
bridge. We hiked around for a while in the park before taking off
for the border crossing.
We went to Seattle on
our final day during this trip. For lunch, we stopped at the Din
Tai Fung near University of Washington. We had gone to two of
their locations in Hong Kong so we wanted to try their dumplings in the
US also. Afterwards, we went to Pike's Market in downtown
Seattle. We had a drink at the original Starbucks before
departing for the airport. Our flight back to SFO was just as
comfortable as the flight up to Seattle on Virgin America.