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The park isn't that big (especially compared to Stanley Park), but was great to look at on a sunny day like the one I went on.
Furthermore, the park is the highest point within the city of Vancouver, so the view was spectacular.
At the centre of the park is the Bloedel Floral Conservatory. It was nice to look at, but I didn't enter as I didn't want to spend the money, and the weather was just too good outside.
Just beyond the conservatory was a fountain surrounded by places to sit. It would have been a perfect place to chill and have lunch. Unfortunately I hadn't brought any food with me, so I just chilled, took photos and recorded the fountain doing its fountain thing.
One of the mountains visible from the park is Grouse Mountain. I wonder if that's walking distance.
Continuing my walk around the park it was clear that it has a strong emphasis on horticulture. Quarry gardens, rose gardens etc., they put a lot of work into it.
I should also mention there is a restaurant in the park called "Seasons in the Park".
Just looking at the place I figured it would be a bit pricey to actually eat there, so I waited until I left the park, and grabbed a sub sandwich from a Subway downtown. Maybe I'll come back when I've earned a bit more cash.
It was a wonderfully sunny day, so I went into Downtown Vancouver. The general plan was to see some of the many interesting examples of public art that can be found all over the place.
I started at English Bay beach, which had many visitors due to the weather.
As usual I got hungry, so I decided to traverse northwards through downtown to a bistro I had visited on my first day in Vancouver.
It was really great chilling here, looking out at the North Shore, while munching on a delicious sandwich, and swigging some ale! Here is a short video clip for your viewing pleasure.
I finally caught the bus back to my place, and noticed this while waiting for its arrival.
A couple of weeks ago a friend and ex-colleague from Safeway, Liz, sent me a message asking if I wanted to go to a place called Deep Cove. I of course agreed, but on the day we planned to go we decided to cancel due to the weather. We thought it was going to rain, but it didn't, but it was a very gloomy day.
Then the day we eventually went on had fantastic weather, good call Liz!
We started the day at Cates Park and walked around to the cove through the residential area in-between. I of course asked whether Kate knew we were in her park, yeah, terrible, I know. Anyway, the view that the houses in the area had from their windows screamed "expensive property". The view was stunning, especially on a day like the one we had.
A nice little treat as we made our way to the cove was discovering an Easter tree in the front of one of the homes. Liz got very excited about this.
Not long later we reached Deep Cove.
The harbour has a great view across the Indian Arm and out towards the Belcarra Regional Park.
Walking across the cove we came across a dude performing an interesting sport known as slacklining. Liz was rather impressed with the skill being displayed, as was I. For your viewing pleasure I recorded a short clip of the guy doing his thing.
We then proceeded to the Baden-Powell Trail which led us to Quarry Rock, this looked out over Deep Cove and beyond; it was an awesome view.
After heading back down the trail we ended the day with doughnuts at a place in Deep Cove. All in all it was a great day out.
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