Vancouver

The Salish Sea Conference alternates back and forth every two years between Vancouver and Seattle. This year we were back in Vancouver, for three days of ecology, restoration, and even a little bit of geology (but not much). As an interdisciplinary regional conference, it's a great chance to talk with folks that I don't get to see as often as I probably should. Of course, one result is to come away with an impossibly long list of good ideas and things to check into -- impossibly long.

These meetings are always pretty hectic, but a few of us got away late one day for an evening in West Vancouver, where we checked out a beach project and had a great dinner. The meeting didn't wind up, for me, at least, until almost 4 on Friday, but that still left me time to explore the beaches in Kitsilano and to shop at MEC on the way out of the city.