Last days in Vancouver

This picture was taken towards the end of my stay in Vancouver.
I was there for a little over a year and a half. And what I discovered was that in that time I was completely acclimated to the city. And though I missed many things about the U.S., had come to think of Vancouver as home.
It was surprisingly hard to say goodbye to the people there, to the beaches and the ocean, to the mountains and the skylines. I will miss all the cultures gathered together in one place. Canadians, Indians, Chinese, Japanese, Africans, Persians, Russians, Irish, Mexicans, Brazilians and Australians are all quite common in Vancouver. I will miss turning a random corner and stumbling onto the set of a movie or TV series. I'll miss all the friends I made, though many of them left Vancouver long before I did. And I'll miss the view from the Burrard bridge, mountains to the north, city skyline to the South and sparkling water down below.
But by the time I left, I felt that my time had come. Perhaps I will visit the city again but I thinks it's time for new vistas, and new challenges. I am hoping to find myself in California before long, another place that I've always wanted to visit. But for now it's home to Michigan to create new animations for my demo reel, and continue my work on my writing.
I think that one of the most amazing things about life is the fact that we don't know what tomorrow will bring...

-DaVinci