I do realize I now post like twice a year, but thanks to my ever-improving seniority, I'm getting mostly locals, and rarely have an overnight. If I do get one, it's often quite brief. I did end up getting a long-ish Vancouver overnight, arriving around noon and not departing until the following morning. Our hotel was close to the airport (which is not close to the city). This made it a bit of a challenge to get downtown. I had to walk a mile and a half to the nearest train stop (with a brief stop at Tim Horton's enroute), then a 20 minute ride to the city center station.
From there, it was another couple miles to reach Stanley Park - my destination. Stanley Park is like Vancouver's Central Park, a large expanse of greenery in an otherwise urban area. I mapped out a route to hit most of the highlights of the park without running out of energy. There is a bike / pedestrian path that encircles the park along the seawall. This seemed to be a popular choice, and appeared a bit congested, so I altered my route to go directly inland toward an area called Beaver Lake.
I didn't encounter anyone during my walk through the trees in the interior of the park. It was nice. Eventually I reconnected with a main trail on the opposite end of the park near Lion's Gate Bridge. I then marched down the hill from this spot back down to the seawall to walk around the park back toward the entrance.
This took a considerable amount of time, and by the time my day was complete, I had logged some 12 miles or so. On the way, there were a few sights to break up the strain on my feet. One of them is known as "girl in a wetsuit," and is like Vancouver's answer to the mermaid in Copenhagen. Toward the end, I stopped at the park of Totems before limping my way for another few miles to the train station and back to the hotel and the attached Denny's Restaurant.
From there, it was another couple miles to reach Stanley Park - my destination. Stanley Park is like Vancouver's Central Park, a large expanse of greenery in an otherwise urban area. I mapped out a route to hit most of the highlights of the park without running out of energy. There is a bike / pedestrian path that encircles the park along the seawall. This seemed to be a popular choice, and appeared a bit congested, so I altered my route to go directly inland toward an area called Beaver Lake.
This took a considerable amount of time, and by the time my day was complete, I had logged some 12 miles or so. On the way, there were a few sights to break up the strain on my feet. One of them is known as "girl in a wetsuit," and is like Vancouver's answer to the mermaid in Copenhagen. Toward the end, I stopped at the park of Totems before limping my way for another few miles to the train station and back to the hotel and the attached Denny's Restaurant.
