Day 1, flying 13500 kms to Vancouver

Sunday 22nd May. (The longest day of our lives) We were up at 3.15am because we had to be at Adelaide Airport by 4am. We left Adelaide for Sydney at 6am. From Sydney we flew for 12 and ½ hours to arrive in Los Angeles at 6.05 am on Sun 22/5/16. That would have to be the longest 5 minutes of our lives of course all due to the fact we crossed the international dateline. From LA we flew to Vancouver and reached here around 11.30am....and it’s still Sunday. We think we  managed a couple of hours sleep on the planes but it is now early evening Vancouver time and we are struggling to keep our eyes open. From what we saw flying into Vancouver, it seems to be a very pretty city. We were picked up from the airport in a small bus and taken to our hotel which was only about a five minute drive. Our hotel is lovely and it overlooks a mariner and the main river that flows through the city. We walked to the hotel’s restaurant which was on the riverfront and had a meal. It was a sort of a lunch/dinner. We have spent the rest of the afternoon taking things easy. Tomorrow we are off on the tour, with a long driving day to reach Golden.