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Spring Break Adventures 2013: Steveston
We are now back at school and work and our Spring Break Adventures for this year have come to an end. In addition to playing at Kits Beach and an Easter egg hunt in Queen’s Park in New Westminster (where … Continue reading
Spring Break Adventures 2013: Granville Island
Our third Spring Break Adventure took us to Granville Island. Granville Island is not really an island but a peninsula, located under the south end of the Granville Street bridge. In the past it was an industrial area, but it … Continue reading
Spring Break Adventures 2013: UBC Farm
On our second day of Spring Break Adventuring we took a walk to the UBC Farm on the University of British Columbia campus. UBC Farm, run by the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, is the only working farm within the … Continue reading
Spring Break Adventures 2013: Vancouver Maritime Museum
Last year my children and I went on some Spring Break Adventures and blogged about them, and we decided to do the same again this year. There are so many things to do and see in the Lower Mainland of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic, British Columbia, Chief Mungo Martin, First Nations, Kits Point, Kitsilano, Kwakwaka'wakw, Newtsuit, Northwest Passage, parenting, RCMP, RMS Empress of Japan, scuba, Spring Break Adventures, St. Roch, totem pole, Vancouver, Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vanier Park
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Imagination
This may look like a circle of concrete and grass to you, but it’s actually an island surrounded by fire, ice, and poison. If you have the right magical powers, though, you can quench the fire, thaw the ice, and … Continue reading
Children & Nature
Spanish Bank West beach Something happens to kids when they’re out in nature. They’re happy and full of wonder at everything they see. The outdoors has a calming influence; there’s no fighting over leaves, sticks, and rocks like there sometimes … Continue reading
Spring Break Adventures 2012, Day 5: Commercial Drive
Friday’s outing took us to East Vancouver’s Commercial Drive, a bustling high street with lots of cool shops and restaurants known to locals as “The Drive”. We started out with lunch at Cafe Deux Soleils, a vegetarian restaurant and Commercial … Continue reading
Spring Break Adventures 2012, Day 4: Museum of Anthropology
On Thursday, we visited the Museum of Anthropology on the campus of the University of British Columbia. The Museum houses an extensive collection of artifacts from British Columbia’s First Nations and other aboriginal cultures from around the world. We started … Continue reading
Spring Break Adventures 2012, Day 3: Stanley Park
Day 3 of our Spring Break Adventures took us to one of Vancouver’s great attractions: Stanley Park. Stanley Park, named for Lord Stanley (of Stanley Cup fame) who was Governor-General of Canada when the park opened in 1888, boasts 400 … Continue reading
Posted in Nature/Outdoors
Tagged British Columbia, Ceperley Playground, children, Lost Lagoon, nature, ocean, parenting, parks, Second Beach, Spring Break Adventures, Stanley Park, Vancouver
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Spring Break Adventures 2012, Day 2: North Vancouver
For our second day of Spring Break adventures, we decided to take the SeaBus to North Vancouver. Approaching North Vancouver by SeaBus Since it was already lunchtime when we arrived, we took a bus from the North Vancouver SeaBus terminal … Continue reading
