On Saturday, Sept 7th, we had to drive into Vancouver and passed many of the 4,500 cyclists participating in the 10th annual Gran Fondo. The ride started from Stanley Park in downtown Vancouver, crossed the Lions Gate bridge and followed the beautiful Sea-to-Sky highway through Squamish and finally to Whistler. The total distance of the […]
Dort and I went for a walk through the Squamish estuary this afternoon. Despite it being late in the day, there was lots of bird activity, including a large flock of the beautiful Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) were feasting on Mountain Ash berries. We also saw a number of flickers, humming birds, and bear scat […]
We spent last weekend at the Pacific Sands Resort in Tofino with Maegan, Zev, Nick and Emily – we had beautiful weather and all four “youngsters” were able get out and surf on both Sunday and Monday. Ucluelet, Tofino and the Pacific Rim park are spectacular any time of the year, with a very different […]
On our flight back to Vancouver, we had a long layover in London and decided to take the train from Heathrow and stretch our legs by having a walk around central London. It was a beautiful crisp fall morning and we walked along the north embankment starting near Charing Cross along the Thames and then […]
From Meerendal we drove north-west along the coast, with a detour to Darling to visit a local microbrewery (Darling Brew). This region in general is renowned for its springtime wildflower blooms when the ground is covered with a carpet of colour. We were unfortunately a few weeks late to see the peak bloom, but there […]