A Sunday Afternoon in April

A week before Easter, Akis and I decided that we were going to head out for a Sunday afternoon. Having come to BC, I did feel a bit guilty that I never took Akis to the snow during the course of the winter. Now granted, the snow did come to us so perhaps I don't need to feel quite that bad, but none-the-less, we didn't get a pair of skis or a snowboard strapped to Akis' feet to see just how good his balance was.

So despite not getting up the mountain to ski, I decided that we would head up there so Akis could see what was in our back yard. The drive up Mount Seymour was quite uneventful ~ clear roads and the only snow present was on the mountain. As we climbed further up, Akis was amazed at how much snow was still around ~ here is what we saw.




After admiring the snow and the talents of the new skiers/snowboarders, we headed back down the mountain to Sea Level. Akis was a bit startled that I felt it was a 'top down' type of day and disagreed that we should be letting the wind blow through, but eventually I prevailed and with the top down and heater blasting, we were off to Deep Cove. Situated at the east end of North Vancouver, it is a quiet little place where many people will go to hang out and spend some time. There isn't much parking, there are a handful of shops, but for only being a few minutes out of the city, you feel like you have stepped away. The Kayak business down on the water is the place where years ago I took Kayaking lessons with the group from Class. Looking at the area now, not much has changed other than the water level and it makes you wonder if Global warming is happening and the levels of the oceans are rising, why do the levels seem so low here? I guess you could say it was low tide, but even with low tide, it was pretty remarkable how much was exposed in the bay.

A place we'll need to come back to this summer.