IOCO EXPEDITION

JULY 22 i went from my home in DUNBAR on my bike at 11 25am  to KING EDWARD AVE to the ARBUTUS GREENWAY then from there all the way to west 7th ave wich took me all the way to ASH STREET and onto 1st ave wich got me onto the CENTRAL VALLEY GREENWAY. from there i got to the VCC CLARK SKYTRAIN STATION wich i got on and went all the way to the MOODY CENTRAL STATION . when i got to the MOODY CENTRAL STATION i head for the MURRAY STEET overpass that got me into the bike lane on MURRAY ST and headed east long there until i got to the SHORELINE TRAIL . when i reach the start of the trail wich was paved for bikes and walkers i went north long the trail wich i could see the end of BURRARD INLET and from there i got onto ALDERSIDE RD were i went long lot of waterfront homes wich is a very long street wich ended were i had to across a railway line that use to go to the IOCO OIL TERMINAL and onto IOCO RD were i headed west for FIRST AVE and had to walk up the hill of FIRST AVE wich was a very big hill but rode part of it when it came flat and i can ride it . then i got to the intersection of FIRST AVE and BEDWELL BAY RD in the VILLAGE OF ANMORE were i could go right and head for BUNTZEN LAKE but i went left for SASAMAT LAKE and WHITE PINE BEACH  when i got to the entrance of the park i saw a sighn saying i am in BELCARRA REGIONAL PARK so i went down the road on the right of the sighn and wile i was on the road for WHITE PINE BEACH i saw SASAMAT LAKE long the road and went all the way to the end of the road wich took me into the parking lot of SAAMAT LAKE and WHITE PINE BEACH wich i had go long on to a path and there was WHITE PINE BEACH and SASAMAT LAKE . it was very crowed at the beach and the SASAMAT LAKE park was also crowed wich the path goes all the way from one of the lake to the other end wich i saw and a floting bridge too at the far end of the lake. i did not stay long at SASAMAT LAKE because it not a very big lake but from what i saw it a very popular place for people living the tri cities like PORT MOODY COQUITLAM PORT COQUITLAM. so after i saw lot of SAAMAT LAKE i went back onto the road and headed for BEDWELL BAY RD wich takes you all way to BELCARRA PICNIC AREA wich looks over INDIAN ARM INLET and DEEP COVE in NORTH VANCOUVER i have been there so i know what it like but i did want to ride there because i saw that was very big hill to get over and i felt that was to much for me so i went onto BEDWELL BAY RD and went east back into ANMORE and first ave and on to IOCO RD and ALDERSIDE RD and the SHORELINE TRAIL wich got me back on to MURRAY ST and onto the overpass and back to the MOODY SKYTRAIN STATION that trip from the MOODY SKYTRAIN STATION to SAAMAT LAKE to me 45 min to a hour but i got to see a part of PORT MOODY and ANMORE wich i have not seen in a very long time. when i got on the SKYTRAIN at the MOODY SKYTRAIN STATION i went west for the GILMORE STATION got off there had a pit stop there for a wile then on to the CENTRAL VALLEY GREENWAY and all the way to 1st ave and the OLYMPIC VILLAGE CANADA line station wich took me only half hour to get to from the GILMORE SKYTRAIN STATION. when i got the canada line at olympic station i went all the way to the LANGARA 49th ave station and rode from there to home wich i got home at 4.50pm. so i saw a part of metro vancouver wich lot people never heard about and a lake in the metro vancouver park system wich i never knew about only the people in the TRI CITIES know this lake and BELCARRA REGIONAL PARK