Category: Autumn
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From Chill to Thrill
All photos taken during November and December 2023. Benji here. Going on all those walks and adventures with the Grans, takes a lot out of this little guy. So, I never scrimp on the ME time. That’s not to say my ME time was always a bed of err, laps or furniture. Early on in…
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Father/Son Bike Ride – Part 5 – Home Run
All photos taken on December 16, 2023. We both enjoyed our refreshment break at Ambit in Kensington. The flat white coffee was great and who can refuse a three cheese grilled cheese sandwich on white bread. I mean, c’mon now. After the break, we were back on our bikes and heading for home. My battery…
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Father/Son Bike Ride – Part 2 – Forest View
All photos taken on December 16, 2023. Part 2 was a 7.9 km. (4 9/10 mile) ride through Pacific Spirit Regional Park from NW Marine Drive to SW Marine Drive (Patty and I had walked here numerous times, but never gone from edge to edge). This portion took only 36 minutes to accomplish. Aside from…
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Father/Son Bike Ride – Part 1 – Beach View
All photos taken on December 16, 2023. Way back on November 9, when we arrived, son B had given me a birthday card with a Table d’hôte menu in it for my 70th birthday. I don’t think I really studied it enough at the time to gain an appreciation of this thoughtful gift. It was…
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A Very Different Forest
All photos taken on December 15, 2023. Directly across NW Marine Drive, there was a set of stairs up into Pacific Spirit Regional Park. Even though this was part of the same park which we had already hiked 3 times on this trip, it somehow seemed quite different. The trees were spaced further apart and…
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Beach Spirit
All photos taken on December 15, 2023. Our bike ride from 2 days ago made us want to return for a hike on this newly discovered path. While there was no bicycle ban on the path down to the water next to Pacific Spirit Regional Park, we opted not to try it out at the…
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No Problem Filling the Day
All photos taken on December 14, 2023. This day almost got away on us. Between duties to help our kids and an aging parent, we had lots of things to coordinate, before we could take time for ourselves. We started the day off right, with a panini and apple fritter from Breka, before getting into…
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Cycle of Higher Learning
All photos taken on December 13, 2023. Another day of enforced quarantine, another long bike ride. We figured this might be our last chance to use our bikes, before loading them back into the car for the trip home. We penned Benji, as I knew he would get his exercise tonight, when I took him…
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Deviation
All photos taken on December 12, 2023. Feeling bad about taking up the morning with chores and our visit to Granville Island, while Benji was penned at home, we opted for an after coffee hike at Pacific Spirit Regional Park. Another grey afternoon, but a quick walk in the forest should lift all our moods.…
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Extending the Bike Season
All photos taken on December 11, 2023. OK, so December 11, 2023 was officially the latest in the season we had ever ridden our own E-bikes. It mattered not that we were in Vancouver or that we would likely extend the latest date on future rides before we headed home. We were thrilled how comfortable…