QUEEN OF CAPILANO

 THE QUEEN OF CAPILANO was built at VANCOUVER SHIPYARDS IN NORTH VANCOUVER B.C. in 1991. the QUEEN OF CAPILANO was the first of two intermeditate class ferries along with her sister QUEEN OF CUMBERLAND wich was the second intermediate class ferry built for BC FERRIES at VANCOUVER SHIPYARDS. in june 1991 the QUEEN OF CAPILANO was put into serive on the EARLS COVE TO SALTERY BAY route to replace the POWELL RIVER QUEEN . then in march 1992 the QUEEN OF CAPILANO was moved from EARLS COVE route to the HORSESHOE BAY BOWEN ISLAND route were she replaced the HOWE SOUND QUEEN and stil runs on that route today . the route from HORSESHOE BAY to BOWEN ISLAND takes 20 min and is located just north of VANCOUVER . the QUEEN OF CAPILANO carried 87 vehicles and 457 passengers when built. but in jan 2015 the QUEEN OF CAPILANO had a mid -life refit were her vehicle capacity was increased to 100 and her passenger capacity increased to 462. so over the years the QUEEN OF CAPILANO has and always be the ferry linking BOWEN ISLAND to the mainland of BRITISH COLUMBIA wich the people of BOWEN ISLAND depend on.

TSAWWASSEN RIDE

 on aug 19  i rode my bike from my home in KERRISDALE at 12 noon and heaed for the BRIGEPORT CANADA LINE STATION. when i got there i got onto the BIKE BUS for 1pm and went to 52nd st and HWY 17 . when i got to 52nd street at HWY 17 i got off the bus there in front of the TSAWWASSEN MILLS MALL  and acrossed HWY 17 and went south on 52nd street to 12ave wich i had go up a very big hill wich got me to 12 ave. from there i went east long 12 ave along the way i could see BOUNDARY BAY in the distance . when i reach the end of 12 ave at BOUNDARY BAY RD i got onto the BOUNDARY BAY PARK and its pathway for bikes and walkers. as i was on the pathway i saw a viewing spot were you can great great view of BOUNDARY BAY looking towards WHITE ROCK SOUTH SURREY and the border at PEACH ARCH. so after that i went long the path wich is in BOUNDARY BAY PARK wich is a METRO VANCOUVER PARK and took me all the way to CENTENNIAL BEACH wich is in BOUNDARY BAY PARK the beach was crowed and wile i was rideing long the pathway i saw viewing towers to see the birds in the bay . when i got to CENTENIAL BEACH i got onto CENTENNIAL PARKWAY and went all the to 3 ave were i saw acess to the beach next to a gated housing place when i got onto the beach i saw the border and POINT ROBERTS less than mile away and saw the end of BOUNDARY BAY . then after i left the beach near the border i went long 3rd ave and onto BOUNDARY BAY RD wich i never seen this part of TSAWWASSEN in very long time and has changed alot with gated houseing. when i got to the end of BOUNDARY RD it got me back onto 12 ave and all the way to 52nd street but i stoped at 12 ave and 56th st wich is a major street in TSAWWASSEN for a drink and  rest stop. after that i went long 12 ave and got back onto 52nd st and down the hill and onto HWY 17 were i got to the bus stop to catch the bike bus back to BRIDGEPORT STATION wich i did . from there i got to BRIDGEPORT STATION onto the CANADA LINE to LANGARA WEST 49TH  STATION and rode home from there. and got home at 4.10.pm  overal the ride in TSAWWASSEN was great and only took 15 min from HWY 17 to BOUNDARY BAY PARK and beeing hily in some places i got to see part of TSAWWASSEN i never seen and  BOUNDARY BAY in TSAWWASSEN is real gated community i saw lot those places wile i was riding long but i was great to see that part of DELTA and TSAWWASSEN because during storm season that part of the bay gets flooded by the high tides wich i have seen so it not much of place to live all year long but i was nice to see it in the summer 

DELTA BIKE TOUR

 on AUG 13 i left my home at west 46th ave in KERRISDALE on my bike around 10 am  bound for RICHMOND and the BRIDGEPORT CANADA LINE STATION when i got there wich took only half hour i waited for the bike bus. the BIKE BUS is new bus service that TRANSLINK is trying out this summer were it takes bikes only on this bus from BRIDGEPORT STATION to the TSAWWASSEN ferry terminal and operates on fridays weekends and sat hoildays and runs from 8am -8pm ever hour its trial run to see if this service wil be usefull for bikers. so i waited for the 11am bike bus bound for LADNER EXCHANGE. so when i got on i was one of six people with bikes on the bus the rest were bound for the ferry at TSAWWASSEN. so when we got to LADNER EXCHANGE wich only took 15min from BRIDGEPORT STATION i got off with my bike and started to ride towards the fraser river. when i left LADNER EXCHANGE i went long HARVEST DR to LADNER TRUNK RD and from there went on to 57 th street and long 57th street to CRESCENT DR and onto ADMIRAL BLVD wich got me onto the MILLENNIUM TRAIL that goes long DEAS SLOUGH and under hwy 99 at the south end of the MASSEY TUNNEL wich i got to see DEAS SLOGH all the way to my suprize DEAS ISLAND PARK wich is a  METRO VANCOUVER PARK wich i go to lot to photograph ships from there the odd time. so when i got to DEAS PARK i rode long the rode all the way to the end of the road in the park . bikes are not allowed in the trails in DEAS PARK because there were built for walkers and parts of it it not safe for bikers like me wich i have seen so from LADNER EXCHANGE to DEAS PARK only took me less than hour to get there so when i got the end of the road i started to go back and onto the MILLENNIUM TRAIL and heaed for ADMIRAL BLVD and on to 57 TH STREET wich got me back onto LADNER TRUNK RD when i reach LADNER TRUNK RD i went east and on to the MCDONALDS for lunch. after that i went long LANDER TRUNK RD and on to path next to HWY 17 wich took me back to LADNER EXCHANGE and waited for the bike bus back to BRIDGEPORT STATION . the bus came at 1.30pm and i was the only bike on the bus back to BRIDGEPORT STATION . from there i got onto the CANADA LINE and onto OAKRIDGE station were i got off and rode home from there and got home arond 2.25pm so it was intresting to put my bike on the transit bus and ride all over DELTA wich i got to see part of DELTA wich i never seen before and was worth seening DEAS SLOGH wich i have seen from the transit bus wich was great to see