Kayaking at Deep Cove

On Saturday, a group of 16 of us went paddling in double kayaks at Deep Cove in North Vancouver. Again we had wonderful weather (worth mentioning when it's Vancouver you're talking about!), and it was an ideal combination of exercise and relaxation! We kayaked for almost 2 hours - in the first photo below, our route was along the coast on the left side, to the smudge of an island you can see just left of the centre. Here's the view from where we started from...


Some photos of the group getting ready...


And getting into the colourful kayaks...








Out on the water...


A video...

Here's a Google Earth map showing our route, courtesy of Stuart's GPS watch - we paddled 7.88 kms...


Group photo afterwards...
Back L-R: Peter, Jo-lana, Justin, Megan, Ben, Ruth, Ken, Lanna, Nicole, Tyson, Stuart, Rosanne;
Front L-R: me, Shonna, Gerard, Janelle...


And lunch...

Are any of you tempted to come and visit us yet? :)

Tandem touring

This week we had Megan and Justin staying with us. They are friends from NZ (Justin's a Kiwi; Megan's from Wolloongong) who are en route to live in Edmonton for a while. They arrived on Monday night and headed off to Seattle today (Saturday) for their Alaska cruise. It's been great fun having them around!

Last night we headed into downtown Vancouver to cycle around the seawall in Stanley Park, a popular activity for locals and tourists alike. The four of us hired two tandem bicycles, and met up soon afterwards with Stuart, Rosanne, and Rosanne's niece Briley on their own bikes. It was a gorgeous evening and Stanley Park is just beautiful. Here's the proof...

Views from the start of the path...


How Megan and I kept our pants legs out of the bike chains (Megan's photo)...


The tandems...


Around the park...


Along the seawall...


A perfect sunset...


And a little video...

Afterwards, we enjoyed some fruit/chocolate and frozen yoghurt creations from Qoola on Denman St, then sat at English Bay looking out over the water for a while. Have I mentioned that we love living here?!! :D