FAREWELL DINNER AND VANCOUVER

All good things must come to an end and so we eventually arrived in Vancouver, BC. The formal dinners and the Farewell Dinner were memorable highlights. The pictures here capture our dinner partners, servers, and some of the staff during the food parade. Timing is everything and I was fortunate to catch a special view of the Vancouver Convention Center, just before we docked, at sunrise. The last picture was made on our Vancouver Excursion before arriving at the airport. I suppose it is symbolic that it should be the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Logo, based on the Canadian Inuit inukshuk. The inukshuk is a stone marker that has been used by the Inuit to help guides through the northern Arctic terrain for centuries. The Inuit inukshuk has also become a symbol of leadership, cooperation, friendship and the human spirit. Perhaps the inukshuk will bring us together again some day. If you are interested in a CD of around 160 high resolution pictures from the trip, let me know. Lee