Visit to Maple Ridge

We next visited Bob and Linda at Maple Ridge, some 30 kms out of Vancouver.  We had met them on the same beach, Playa Coyote, in Baja, as Alison and Tom.  We had also spent a few extra days with Bob and Linda at Playa Tekalote and now they gave us a wonderful time in their home - squeezing us in between camping/fishing trips :-)

Two photos taken on their deck.  The first one shows the lovely Golden Ears peaks in the background which do not show up on the second one with Bob, Andrew and Linda.





We went touring with them to both Whistler and to Stanley Park in Vancouver and we saw many interesting things on the way.  The first was something called Wild Play Element Park in a provincial park.  This is a serious adventure obstacle course with climbing, nets and flying foxes.

Canadians are very sporty.  The photos below are of the mountain bike trails at Whistler which are part of the ski run in winter.

On the road to Whistler - more wonderful snow-capped mountains.

Street in Whistler village.

Below are a pair of naughty racoons that were raiding the rubbish in Stanley Park.  If you just look at the one on the left you think it is a cat but just look at the face of the one on the right.  Cute or what?

Our first glimpse of Vancouver from Cypress lookout.