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Sunny Vancouver with Caroline
By ruth | February 27, 2008
Our friend Caroline has been staying with us, and she brought the sunny weather with her. She had a day on her own on Friday while Dave and I toiled; but I was pleased to see the blue skies and think of her out there enjoying them while I sat at my desk.
On Saturday, after a leisurely (and huge) brekafast at the Naam, we drove to the North Shore and parked by the fish hatchery at Capilano Canyon. We hadn’t planned to visit the hatchery itself but I needed the loo, and an exploratory visit revealed that it’s free of charge, and quite interesting.
We then walked up to the top of Cleveland Dam for views down the canyon and back across the reservoir (though the Lions were hidden in cloud). Then, even though Dave and Caroline didn’t believe me when I confidently said we could walk down the other side and get a bridge over the canyon back to the car park, we did it anyway. It was a lovely green walk with lots of light and shadows, and as we crossed the bridge (see, I knew it was there) a juvenile bald eagle flew overhead.
Caroline and I exclaimed so loudly over the views of Mount Baker from the highway that Dave, who was driving, decided we should drive up to the Cypress Mountain viewpoint so he could see too. It really was amazingly clear – not just Baker itself but the surrounding ranges could be clearly seen.
Then we went to Horseshoe Bay to drink coffee and watch the world (and the big ferries) go by, before heading home. We had a light dinner at Hapa Izakaya on Yew, which was very nice and reasonably priced – we’ll be back. The gyoza and the beef carpaccio were particularly good.
On Sunday Doug and Alice picked us up and we drove to Stanley Park for a walk along the sea wall. The views were still fantastic, and the mountains of Vancouver Island looked closer than I’ve ever seen them. Dave and I hadn’t been to the sea wall since we moved here, and I do like it. A lady with a powerful telescope let us look through it at a pair of nesting bald eagles; and we stopped on a bench in the sun for 20 minutes while baby James had his lunch.
Caroline was catching the Greyhound to Whistler in the afternoon so we drove up to Main St. for lunch/ brunch at Locus, which was really lovely. Doug and I both had the Southwestern Benny, and it was so tasty I had to finish every scrap.
Hopefully Caroline caught the 3 o’clock bus and had panoramic views all the way up the Sea to Sky Highway. (Especially since on the bus you’re higher than in a car and you can see over all the construction barriers!)
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