Decades Come and Go

Yesterday, I was a bit remiss in not mentioning a date worthy of celebration. Annually, we note June 26th as the date we first arrived in Vancouver. It was the twenty-second anniversary of the flights from Dubai to Vancouver through Hong Kong. (That would've been the old HK airport.) Yay, for us!

As I was walking to Columbia Station today, I thought how very much our city has changed over the last two decades. The area where we rented from 1996 to 1998 is a great deal different. In fact, the location of these two photographs from today would have been completely unrecognizable when we decided upon New Westminster as a place to live. We are still proud residents of this city, so obviously we made the right decision.