Finally getting more mobile, by rent-a-car and improvement in the hip/leg aches. A pie-snatching gull kept watch on the balcony but in B.C. you gotta tour the scenery. Active but mellow like Deep Cove. Impressive water source of Cleveland Dam. Beachy laid back Kitsilano. Greenway streets with community gardens and whimsy.
Water and vessels in every direction. Ocean freighters and container ships at anchor. Working fishing boats still ply at the historic Cannery Row in Stevenson.
All the way south to the (still-closed) border at White Rock. Canada's longest pier and the first train we've seen in many years. The main strip alive with a hundred patio lunch spots. And --- duh!--- the famous white rock , like a giant's marble plopped on the beach.
Familiar Stanley Park is still a must. Historic ship's figureheads from ocean-going immigrant eras. Whimsical girl-with-goggles-on-a-rock.
Granville Island, a strolling/artsy/musical/favourite day trip spot. Miniature Boatie McBoatface for transit. Iconic cement silo murals in a bustling concrete mix plant. And always a market...
Lonsdale Quay on the other side of Burrard Inlet, just as bustling, scenic, and plentiful. What take-out did we have here ----- Greek, Mexican, or Vietnamese?
Big shout-out to our talented and favourite Aussie. Home-style pie for the Wimbledon win. All 3 birthdays celebrated at once. Pastries (which are the down-under lammingtons?) Two gardeners that can grow anything, anywhere. And by far the most jaw-dropping knitter extraordinaire.
Thankfully, wild nature is still all around us. Neon starfish in the backwaters of an old barge canal. A brave eaglet learning to flap before flying off to Alaska! Brazen coyote in Stanley Park ---- several people have been nipped, but who got euthanized : animal or people feeding them illegally?
And very endearing, in the middle of the city, a mother seal coaxing her newbie off a dock. Cannonball!!
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