Thanks to matt tmw, Clovis, sdedalus, smirnoff, w@w, and jdc, who gave us advice and info re: Vancouver BC.
We got here late yesterday and had dinner at Vij's (prawns for me, lamb for him) which was delicious.
We got an early start today and spent time at Stanley Park, then rode the water taxi to North Vancouver and had lunch at the market there (with ice cream, Canadian maple and walnut, excellent). We drove to the top of Cypress Mountain and spent time at the outlook because the day was sunny and cloudless. Then we went back to Stanley Park and walked the boardwalk for awhile. We had a stroll through the city mid-afternoon. Tonight we went to Chinatown for dinner at Phnom Penh restaurant (very nice) and walked from there through the Gastown District. Tomorrow we leave early for Kamloops. We hope to stop at DeDutch in Burnaby on the way.