Blogs from North Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 3

Just back at John's place in North Vancouver. Undercast the last two days. Big foggy foghorns thru the Vancouver night yet clear skies and days of sun on upper Lonsdale. Good to be back with solid John after his bein split from stem to stern. So much to learn about courage and determination and focus after such an invasion to the core. In two days i'll be inbound to Hilo, Hi. My very first visit there! Molly, Quitzma, Paxkal!! I'm coming! Imagining myself flying over the Pacific!!!!... read more

August 25, 2013 Another beautiful morning and another beautiful location. I’m typing this sitting on a lovely little veranda in North Vancouver with a fabulous view down into Greater Vancouver with the mountains of Seymour in view to our left. We have a little visitor every now and again, a tiny, dainty little hummingbird and Steve has managed to capture him on camera. Now I know this next subject may make me sound 'kinda sad' but it also shows I appreciate life’s simplicities! Up until now, despite fantastic weather, we’ve been forced to use a tumble drier, unable to find any form of a clothes horse or outside line. I remember feeling rather envious that our neighbours on Quadra Island not only had an outside line but one of those cable devices from their deck where ... read more

July 30th, 2013 Having a car means a little more freedom to get out and explore further afield. Added to the fact that the weather is still so good we decided it had to be the local mountains again. It’s always a good weather day in Vancouver when you can actually see the mountains but this recent weather has been something else. Apparently Vancouver is set to break a 60-year-old record for most consecutive days of sunshine and it’s looking very likely that it will have had no rain for the whole month of July. So we head out to Cypress Mountain and hike up Black Mountain. At an elevation gain of 360m it isn’t quite Grouse Grind but it’s a bit longer at 5.1km. It’s beautiful at the top as not only do you get ... read more

July 29, 2013 Monday morning and Steve is working in the little office off of the kitchen, putting in his couple of hours a day; Sam is writing up about Helium in his long term assignment to cover all the elements in the periodic table and Matthew is presently working on Place Value in Maths. We’ll be picking up our car later on and are hoping to get across to North Van and hike up Grouse Mountain; the infamous Grouse Grind. Yesterday we hopped on the skytrain just outside the apartment for just a couple of stops to the Waterfront and then caught the seabus across to Lonsdale Quay. Enjoyed delicious sushi while listening to a Mexican band in the beautiful hot sun before returning on the seabus where we walked down Robson and back into ... read more

Monday July 8 We decided to take it a slow and calming day. Slept in, had breakfast and chilled around the house backyard, reading, swimming in the pool and relaxing. Kyle did a bunch of errands, he cleaned the basement of his old stuff and did some closet shopping to take new-old clothes to China and he also went to the bank. We had a light dinner and watch a movie at home and crashed for the night. Tuesday July 9 A little information about The Grind in Grouse Mountain, Vancouver. Grouse Grind Region: The North Shore. Difficulty: Difficult. Time: 1.5 - 2 hours Distance: 2.9km. Elevation Gain: 853 meters Season: June - September. Camping: No. Dog Friendly: No. Public Transit: url=http://www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/grouse-grind/#transi... read more