Thursday in Vancouver

Today we were in recovery mode so had a slow start and a leisurely breakfast. We did go for a 4 km walk in Tynehead Reserve. It is a lovely large tract of bush land with the Serpentine River (just a creek really) running through it which issues in to Mud Bay where we visited the day we arrived. This river is where salmon up to a metre long go up to spawn and die. It happens in about a month's time so we didn't see any, but we were amazed at how they get up this creek which is just like a bubbling mountain stream full of rocks, tree trunks and not very deep.

We saw many Maple trees, also more Hemlocks (memories of Socrates?), Cedars and Douglas Firs - all very big trees. It was a lovely walk but at 29°C we were very hot when we got back.

At the top of the walk in front of a maple tree.

Kwee made us a delicious lunch which is a Montreal delicacy: smoked meat with pickled cucumbers, and mustard. It was very yummy. We seem to be doing a lot of eating!!

Tomorrow the plan is to go to Whistler which is on the edge of the Rocky Mts so it will be a big day - about 150km north.