Hamilton here we come

In the Spring, Elvin was able to win a pair tickets to go see Hamilton live in the theater.  He has an app (which Eliana recommended) which let's you enter a lottery for these tickets.  The only trick was that the tickets were for Vancouver....BC.

So on the day before the show, which was on a Sunday, Elvin and Karina packed up and started driving north!  It was going to be a daughter/daddy trip.

We stopped in Seattle for dinner.  Karina posed next to Mr. XLB.

We enjoyed dumplings for dinner.

Then we stopped in Bellingham for some ice cream at a place called Mallards.  The parking spots there had meters that took actual coins.  This was Karina's first time feeding a meter...and maybe her last as these types of meters are almost extinct?

There were lots of yummy flavors and we enjoyed our dessert.  And then we were off again.  It's a total of six hours from Vancouver WA to Vancouver BC.

We made it through the border after being interrogated by the Canadian border patrol.  (That's a story for another day!)

The next morning, we had a little bit of time to kill before needing to pick up the tickets at noon.  So we visited the Granville Island Market, which had lots of cool shops and eateries.

Breakfast!

Closer to downtown, there was a pet food store with a funny sign.

We didn't forget about Lucky and Karina bought him a treat...a pack of dried chicken breast which he loved!

And we arrived at the theater.

And it turned out that our tickets were front row seats!  Here is a picture before we were told to stay in our seats by the security guard because we were too close to the orchestra pit.

It was a great show and a great trip!