A Hammock Store?

In June Kerry and Melissa signed up for another half marathon. This year it was in Seattle and they went down with Kathy for the weekend. This left me to look after the kids. (Sort of, since Barb and Reg were in town and did most of the work.) To get the kids out of the house for a bit we decided to go on a Summer Safari. The plan was to use transit to get to Granville Island. This meant we took a car to the Sky Train, then the Sky Train downtown to Science World, then one of the False Creek Ferries to Granville island before taking a bus back to the Sky Train and home.

We got lucky with our boat trip. The day happened to be the day of the Dragon Boat races and they were going on right in front of the boat docks. Our boat even had to wait while one of the races went past which meant we got a front row seat.
It had been a while since we had been to Granville Island so I informed the kids we would go check out the Hammock store and the Umbrella store. They didn't believe me but once we got to the hammock store and tried one out their tune changed quickly. They were very surprised and couldn't stop smiling about it.

For lunch we each got to get a meal we wanted which included Fish & Chips, a Nutella Crepe and a Hot Dog.

We spent most of the trip in transit which for a 5 year old and an 8 year old was all part of the fun. They don't get to ride a bus very often and certainly don't get to ride an aqua-bus. The weather was amazing and I'm pretty sure they will remember the hammock store forever.