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We're heeeerrrreeeee!!!!!!! *bounces* :D

And yes, there be WiFi here in our hotel room. Awesomeness. Been a long day, so I'll just hit the highlights.

Left 2 hours later than planned, but really had no traffic issues until we reached the Canadian border. We ate lunch, filled up the car & ended up using a different border crossing than we planned, but we still managed to get to the highway we wanted to be on (99). Traffic bogged down approaching a tunnel to get to LuLu Island, but after that it was fairly smooth sailing. The weather was sunny and warm. :)

We got to the hotel (Best Western Downtown on Drake St.) and had some problems trying to figure out where to park the car because a big group of bikers were also just checking in. But it all worked out in the end, we got to our room (which is clean & very nice!), and I worked on getting all our stuff up to the room. Ugh. We settled in, watched a little TV, and enjoyed the lovely view of Granville Bridge from our 7th story room. After a bit, I went up to their rooftop area to check out the view.

I snapped some pics...(btw, that last one is for

bloggingchick. ;)

Granville Bridge	Various apartment buildings	And more...	The Cecil Hotel right below us.
The Yale Hotel next door.	Looking up Granville St.	The top of the con Hotel!	See the Vogue Theatre? (Criss Angel eppy)
Cool clock & mountains.	More apartments.	Granville Bridge.	The Hotel Vending Machine.

We ate at the White Spot restaurant here on the lobby floor of the hotel for supper. Mom & I both had their Turkey Dinner (yum!) & she got a dessert. We then both went up to the rooftop to check out the city lights in the growing darkness. So pretty to see them in person instead of through a webcam image! I'm here!!!!! I'm really here!!!!!!!! :D

Now I'm watching the rerun of "The Rapture" while I type this out. *glee*
However, I've got a bit of a headache (not enough sleep the other night), so I'll probably turn in soon. First big day of the con tomorrow!!!!! Woot!