Two days in Vancouver

Mothers Day this year fell on the same day as the opening of the Canadian Institute of Mining Trade Show in Vancouver. Klassen Specialty Hydraulics (our company) had a booth at this show and Harv and Rick had to attend the opening in the evening. So we decided to celebrate Mother's Day in Vancouver. Rick and Adele and Harv and I headed into the city after church and spent some time walking around the waterfront area and then had supper before heading to the show. It was a gorgeous day and it set off the beauty of Vancouver to perfection.

The show was held at the new Vancouver Trade and Convention Facility on the waterfront downtown. What a fabulous building! It's won numerous environmental awards as it uses many "Green" technologies and techniques including a marine habitat at it's base, and a six acre "living" roof that features 400,000 indigenous plants and grasses (we even saw wild strawberries in bloom) and 4 beehives. It is a massive building with so much space in its public areas.

The views from the Convention Centre look out to Vancouver's North Shore. The stylized drop of water on the plaza beside the Convention Centre represents the rain, and sea in Vancouver.

Harv and Rick posed in front of the massive mining truck tire that sat at the entrance to the hall.

A 5 member pipe and drum corps opened the Mining Show - making a very impressive entrance as they played their way into the building and down the long escalator.

For our booth, Harv and Rick designed this big mining truck tire and hub display to set off the filtration system Harv devised to deal with very high viscosity (thick) oil. It's received alot of attention and we are pleased with the customer interest it's generated. Didn't they do a great job?

Monday I took my Dad in to Vancouver to visit the trade show.

We took the sky train from Surrey and had an enjoyable and hassle free commute to the city.

After lunch we toured the show and then walked around the convention centre for awhile, admiring its wonderful design. The day was glorious and once again we couldn't help but be impressed by this beautiful city.

The Pan Pacific Hotel and its attached convention centre - known locally as "The Sails" If you haven't visited Vancouver on the West Coast of BC, try to do so. It must be one of the world's most beautiful cities.