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Duke Point

And a relaxing weekend begins.

Peaceful

View towards West Vancouver from the Kitsilano Yacht Club. No tankers wanted here, thankyouverymuch.

Skyline

Imperial

Not doing much with this post as I've just had the "new" interface thrown at me and I'm none too impressed. Do you know what this is, and where it is? I'll tell you when I can find the tags once again. 

Trillium

Fortunate to see a few little clumps of Trillium on Burnaby mountain. Was a little too late to forage some fiddleheads for supper, however.

Nature

Spent Earth Day enjoying nature up Burnaby Mountain.

Look Beyond

View towards North Vancouver -ish- from Sapperton Station.

Window View

The mountains looked much more spectacular this morning than this picture conveys. This point between New Westminster and downtown Vancouver has one of the most beautiful views.

Overcast

Pitt Lake and the surrounding mountains obscured by low cloud early today.

Anti-postcard

More often than not, the North Shore mountains look like this.

Unapologetic

I love trees and I love snow.

Fluffy Snow

Snowshoe hike at Dog Mountain, near Mt Seymour.

History

Peaceful

Cold, frosty day at the Fanny Bay Conservation Area

Eerie Feeling

This is your brain on nature.

Soak in the View

Beautiful view from the edge of the cranberry field. The mountain off in the distance is the very tall Mount Baker, in Washington State (USA). It's about 3200m tall, and is a (not very) active volcano.

Reflection

When temperatures are pushing 30C, it's time to leave the city and head for the forests, lakes and mountains. I found a beautiful view across Cheakamus Lake in Garibaldi Provincial Park, near Whistler.

Refuge

A shot from the SkyTrain of my favourite little island at the confluence of the Brunette and Fraser rivers. At this time of year there is a profusion of pink flowers (either fireweed or a variety of sweet pea) around the edge.

In the top right of the photo the two pillars that are part of the new Port Mann suspension bridge can be seen.

Garibaldi Lake

This August I have spent more time hiking than wandering the city, which is why yet again there are photos from the region and not New Westminster proper.

The spring is so late in the alpine that this lake only thawed in the past 10 days or so. That snow over there won't melt before the next snowfall. In the alpine meadow, most wildflowers have not yet started blooming.