Tuesday September 11, 2001

Yes, we stay in bed until 8:45 AM...
We were startled by the news that some American planes were hijacked and forced to fly into the WTC and into the Pentagon. In these planes were a lot of passengers, thousands of people were killed. No plane is allowed to take off, even Vancouver International Airport is closed. These were attacks by terrorist. The United States of America is considering what to do.
    
Well then, that was the bad news. We were walking to the Visitors Info, which Renate is in control at the  Sheridan Lakeappears to be closed! Next we go to a Danish bakery to get some buns, cheese and a few bottles of water which we need for lunch. After this we walked to the coffee shop to get a cup of coffee and cake. Then we get into the car on the way to the Moose Park Valley. The path to this park was very bumpy so we decided to return and drive on to the Sheridan Lake. We had to search for a while but finally we found a boat rental at the lake. The woman who rents the boats came from our homeland the Netherlands where she had lived in the city named Utrecht. It was a little bit funny, first we were stumbling in speaking English until she asked "Where are you from?". We got a 6-pk boat on which we traveled to a small island where we went for a picnic. We did also see 2 fish-hawks. This was really an amazing sight, the birds had made a big nest in the trees. The water of the lake was as clear as crystal and full of trout, sometimes we saw them jumping out of the water! Back to the hotel where we go swimming before we go to dinner. We had a delicious meal, a Chinook salmon, and again we were served by the friendly waitress. We go to sleep at 10:15 PM.