Disappointing… I went there early in the morning while the light would have been much better in late afternoon for photography and I guess the Sun wasn’t strong enough at that time to compel those tulips to open up to catch some rays. There were many rows of tulips, but we were not allowed to walk [...]
Archive for April, 2008
2008 AGASSIZ TULIP FESTIVAL
Posted in Events, tagged 2008, agassiz, bc, chilliwack, festival, flowers, photography, tulips, vancouver on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
STEVESTON
Posted in Outdoors, tagged birds, boats, cherry blossoms, dock, eagles, family, fishermen, fishing, food, fun, garry point, houses, ice cream, kites, landscape, marsh, nature, ocean, parachutes, park, people, photography, richmond, sea, seafood, sports, steveston, trail, turtles, vancouver, view, walking, wildlife on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Steveston lies at the Southern tip of Richmond, roughly 40 minutes from downtown Vancouver, by car. Watch kites flying at Garry Point Park, walk along the scenic dyke, or just plain relax while you savour some delicious home-made ice cream in the heart of the village.
Cherry blossoms at Garry Point Park
Sports kite/parachute (?) at Garry [...]
ROAD TRIP TO HARRISON LAKE
Posted in Outdoors, tagged adventure, back country, chilliwack, fun, harrison, harrison lake, jeep, lake, landscape, mountains, nature, photography, road trip, rural, vancouver on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Harrison Lake
After a group outing to the Agassiz Tulip Festival was over all too quickly and wondering what to do next on this beautiful sunny day, the guy I carpooled with suggested we go on a road trip. Although we had no specific destination in mind, our driver suggested we try driving along Harrison Lake on [...]
THE 2008 VANCOUVER SUN RUN
Posted in Events, tagged 2008, cold, Events, freezing, fun, health, Life, people, photography, race, record, runners, running, vancouver, vancouver sun run, weather on April 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It was a record breaking year for the Vancouver Sun Run
As I left around 8:30AM to participate in the 2008 edition of the Vancouver Sun Run — as an avid photographer :p –, the Weather Network’s website mentioned the temperature in Vancouver was 1ºC and with the wind chill factor, it actually felt like -2ºC [...]
