The beginning of September was Labour Day weekend (with the Monday a statutory holiday). It was also the weekend on which our friends Lauren and Woody decided to get married. The wedding was on the Sunshine Coast, which is North of Vancouver. It's surprisingly easy to get to, and took about 2 hours or so including a 40 minute ferry crossing. We travelled down there with some other friends that we have met through work.
So how was the wedding? The setting was beautiful, and the hotel was pretty sweet too. The whole event had a very relaxed feel to it, and wasn't the crazy stressful affair I usually associate with marriage. I think if I ever took the plunge I would try something similar. Even the bride and groom seemed to remain relatively calm throughout, and we certainly enjoyed ourselves (apart from those $%£$ing mosquitoes).
The natural beauty of the place was definitely memorable. Late in the evening we made a point of going out onto the jetty to lie down and look at the stars. For the first time in years I was able to see hundreds of them, and even the faint glow of the Milky Way. The sky is so much more beautiful once you get away from the light pollution of big cities. Another cool thing we found is that the waters along the coast are filled with bioluminescent plankton. Any disturbance in the water causes them to emit a green glow. We spent quite a while messing about with that, waving our hands around in the water and so forth. You could even see momentary trails left by fish as they moved beneath the surface. Pretty amazing stuff.
So all in all, we loved the Sunshine Coast and are definitely thinking of going back there sometime, especially since it is a relatively short journey compared to other places we've been. You can check it out for yourself - our photos from the weekend are here.
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