Last minute things...

I tested out my old raincoat in this mornings rain and it failed miserably... thats why I am getting a new one!
Been busy booking places to stay, and making contact with my 2nd cousins in and around Vancouver. Looking forward to meeting some for the first time and some for the first time since the 1970s.

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