NORTH VANCOUVER TOUR

 april 10 2021 i left home in DUNBAR at 12pm and heaed for the main street skytrain station on my bike wich i went along the ARBUTUS GREENWAY to 10th ave wich is a bike street al the way to ONTARIO ST and head north towards false creek . when i got to the MAIN STREET SKYTRAIN ST from there i got onto the skytrain with my bike and went to COMMERICAL DR STATION. i got off at COMMERICAL DR STATION and went east long 10th ave wich has bike a lane and onto the CENTRAL VALLEY GREENWAY wich got me to LAKEWOOD DR wich is a bike street and went north from there to kalso st and HASTINGS ST wich i made stop at the DAIRY QUEEN. after that i stayed on KASLO ST and keeped going north towards the harbour and onto NEW BRIGHITON PARK wich i stoped there and looked around . then from there i went up from there to HASTINGS PARK and through there to CASSIAR ST wich got me onto the IRON WORKERS MEMORIAL BRIDGE wich there  only one side of the bridge open to bikes and walkers wich was the east side the west side is beening worked on so when i got onto the bridge i had watch for up coming bikes and walkers coming towards me . when i made it acroos the bridge i acroos marine dr and went west on marine dr passing PHIBBS EXCHANGE at bus loop and onto the SPIRIT TRAIL that goes al the way from NORTH VANCOUVER to WEST VANCOUVER wich i got on to a over pass that i was amzed of the vieu i saw from this over pass wich is part of the SPIRIT TRAIL . from there i went onto the lower road going by two grain terminals and onto LONSADLE QUE wich took me from the IRONS WORKERS MEMORIAL BRIDGE to LONSADLE QUE half hour wich was great and got to see a part of the NORTH VANCOUVER i have never seen in a long time . when i got to LONSDALE QUE i got onto the seabus and onto the canada line to LANGARA- 49TH AVE STATION and heaed for home that way because the hills are not bad to ride over and there a drinking foutain at west 46th at OAK ST . i got home around 4.10pm so i got to see a park of east vancouver and NORTH VANCOUVER on a bike wich was great to see since VANCOUVER NORTH VANCOUVER RICHMOND and all the other cites in METRO VANCOUVER have bike streets and bike paths and good bike sighns to make me find my way around wich makes me having these bike trips intresting and fun to look at

VANCOUVER TO STEVESTON

 on march 16 2021 i rode my bike from my home in DUNBAR to STEVESTON in RICHMOND B.C.  i left my home at 11.30am and headed south towards west 29th ave and onto west 45 ave in KERRISDALE on to the LANGARA 49TH AVE CANADA LINE STATION wich took me half an hour to get to . so when i got there i got onto the canada line train wich they take bikes onboard and went to RICHMOND and heaeded for the ABERDEEN STATION wich i got there at 12.30pm. after i got off the train and onto the street i rode from there to the bike path on RIVER ROAD that goes by sea island and were YVR is and also goes by the RICHMOND OLYMPIC OVAL and keep going until i got to the RAILWAY GREENWAY wich is at RIVER ROAD & MC CALLAN RD . from there i headed south long the greenway wich use to be an old railway line now a walking and bike greenway all the way to STEVESTON wich i arived in STEVESTON at 1pm wile i was in STEVESTON i looked around and the docks wich is a fishing town wich is always been . after that i stoped at SUBWAY for a  drink and sat a bus stop wich was handy for me and my bike. for about half hour later i started my way back to the CANADA LINE at ABERDEEN STATION and back onto the railway greenway and got back to the ABRDEEN STATION 40 min later wich that how long it takes for  me to bike from the ABERDEEN STATION to STEVESTON. then got onto the canada line at ABERDEEN STATION and headed back to LANGARA 49TH STATION . when i got off there around 2.10pm i headed west long west 45 ave and into KERRISDALE along west 37th ave wich are bike streets and north from there to west 29th ave and got home at 2.50pm wich took me half an hour from the LANGARA 49TH AVE STATION to my home in DUNBAR so riding from VANCOUVER TO STEVESTON was interesting and having greenway in RICHMOND made it very easy to get to on a bike

POWELL RIVER

 on aug 4 i left vancouver  for HORSESHOE BAY and got the 9.50am ferry to LANGDALE. on the way the BOWEN ISLAND ferry QUEEN OF CAPILANO was coming in before we left HORSESHOE BAY. when i got to LANGDALE at 10.40 am  i meet my dads friend LORNE CAMPBELL and drove me onto EARLS COVE and got the there at 12.pm we waited for the MALASPINA SKY to arive wich it did and went to SALTRY BAY and along the way saw jervis inlet  LORNE pointed out NELSON ISLAND and VANCOUVER BAY on NELSON ISLAND wich i never knew . we arived in POWELL RIVER at 2.30pm and  got hotel for the night after that we headed for the westvieu terminal so we can get the 5pm ferry the brand new BC FERRY ISLAND DISCOVERY wich was going from POWELL RIVER to TEXADA ISLAND so we got on her at 5pm and went over to TEXADA ISLAND and back she is a intersting ship on they way back we saw the SALISH EAGLE wich goes from POWELL RIVER to COMOX on vancouver island so that was neet to see. after all that  when we got back to POWELL RIVER from TEXADA ISLAND we headed for our hotel and call it a night. the next morning we headed for home  before we headed out of town we stoped and got photos of both the ISLAND DISCOVERY and SALISH EAGLE wich were great after that we headed for SALTRY BAY and back on the MALASPINA SKY and onto EARLS COVE when we go there we stoped at PENDER HARBOUR and saw this fishboat on the side of the highway wich was at the entrance to the town wich looked intresting to see a fishboat on the side of the highway . after that we headed for a stop in SECHELT for lunch and onto LANGDALE wich we got the ferry back to HORSESHOE  BAY at 1.15pm i got home around 3pm after all that i got to see the new BC FERRY ISLAND DISCOVERY and lot of the SUNSHINE COAST i never seen or heard of in a long time

RIDE TO HASTINGS PARK

on APRIL 30  i rode my bike from our house in DUNBAR to the PNE and HASTINGS PARK were EMPIRE FIELD is . that were the BC LIONS and the VANCOUVER WHITECAPS use to play before BC PLACE STADIUM was built in 1983. in 2011 they built a new EMPIRE FIELD wich was to be used wile BC PLACE was getting a new roof and other changes to the stadium. during that time i saw a BC LIONS game there it was neet to see a game there just like it was over 50 years ago. i rode my bike from our house to the BURRARD SKYTRAIN STATION wich took 40 min then got on the skytrain and onto the COMMERICAL ST SKYTRAIN STATION. when i got there i rode from there east on east 10th ave and onto LAKEWOOD DR wich is a bike street and from there on to ADANAC STREET and onto KASLO ST wich are all bike streets. then when i reached KASLO & HASTINGS ST i can see that i was near the PNE so i went east on HASTINGS ST and made it to main entrance of the PNE . from there i went onto HASTINGS PARK wich is at east end of the PNE and got there at 12.50pm wich took me hour&half to get to from DUNBAR. wile i was at HASTINGS PARK i rode around the park wich had playing fields and running track i was on the bike path wich went around the whole park wich you can see both ends of the park. then i had look around HASTINGS PARK and was amazed that this is were EMPIRE STADIUM use to be this place is  a very historic site in VANCOUVER history. then after looking around HASTINGS PARK  i head west back on to KASLO ST were i had stop over and had drink there at one  those fast food places. then after that i went back the same way i went to the PNE from the COMMERICAL SKYTRAIN STATION wich took me 25 min to get to and back. then when i got to the COMMERICAL SKYTRAIN STATION i got on the train to the BURRARD STATION and onto the ride home wich i got home around 2.50pm so this ride took over 3 hours but i got to see a part of EAST VANCOUVER i have never seen  like those streets LAKEWOOD DR ADANAC ST KASLO ST wich were neet to ride on and intresting to see that part of EAST VANCOUVER 

BIKE TO BURNABY

on april 19 2020 i left my house in DUNBAR and left around 11.45am and rode my bike to downtown VANCOUVER and on to the BURRARD SKYTRAIN STATION wich took 40 min to get there. when i got to the BURRARD SKYTRAIN STATION i got on the skytrain and went to the COMMERCIAL STATION . when i got to the COMMERCIAL STATION  i got off there and went on to east 10th ave wich had a bike lane and went east from there to the CENTRAL GREENWAY wich started at VICTORIA DR at east 10th ave. at that point there was the greenway wich went along the skytrain line so i went that way passing RENFREW ST and when i got to BOUNDARY RD i was going into BURNABY and went  all the way to the GILMORE SKYTRAIN STATION wich were the greenway ends. so i sat at the GILMORE STATION for wile then at 12.55 pm i left GILMORE STATION and went west back onto the CENTRAL GREENWAY and back to the COMMERICAL STATION wich took 25 min and went back onto the skytrain and onto the BURRARD STATION. when i go to the BURRARD STATION i rode for home and made a stop at the sunbway at west 2nd & BURRARD ST. after the stop over i went up BURRARD ST to the ARBUTUS GREENWAY and all the way to west 37th ave at ARBUTUS ST  wich is a bike way and all the way home from there wich i arived at my home in DUNBAR at 2.50pm. overal this ride to BURNABY took 3 hours but i got to see EAST VANCOUVER and part of BURNABY from a bike 

DOUBLE DECKER BUSSES

TRANSLINK has brought in new double decker busses to run on our highways between BRIDGEPORT STATION and the TSAWWASSEN FERRY TERMINAL and from NEWTON EXCHANGE in SURREY to BRIGHOUSE STATION in RICHMOND. they were brought in to service in late nov 2019 but in the first week of DEC 2019 i got to ride a double decker bus from NEWTON EXCHANGE to BRIGHOUSE STATION wich took over hour to get to. it was neet to go on a double decker bus going down the nordel hill and onto the ALEX FRASER BRIDGE and onto the highway 91 into RICHMOND  the bus was fraily crowed but you expect that since it was coming from surrey and contecting to the canada line in RICHMOND. then on DEC 14 2019 i rode onther double decker bus from BRIDGEPORT STATION to the TSAWWASSEN MILLS MALL wich only took half hour and it was interesting seening it go into the MASSEY TUNNEL wich was a bit scary but it was fun to see . i try to get one back but it was full so i got a bus at TSAWWASSEN MILLS and went to the tsawwassen ferry terminal and got one there leaving at 2.05pm that bus was not full at all since there was no ferry coming and it was great to see it go down the tsawwassen causeway and back into delta and onto the massey tunnel wich i find verry neet to see it from that end of the tunnel. the ride only took half hour to BRIDGEPORT STATION and was the last trip of the day for that bus the other double decker would do the run the rest of that day wich i saw on the web site TCOMM.BUSTRAINFERRY.COM and put in the bus number 19404 wich is the bus i was on from the TSAWWASSEN FERRY to BRIDGEPORT STATION . a transit driver told me there be more of these double decker busses on our roads in the lower mainland by JAN 2020 wich were built for our highways here in the lower mainland TRANSLINK ordered 32 of these busses and it going to be great travling on them here in the LOWER MAINLAND like they do in GREATER VICTORIA wich has them in there transit system wich i have been on them many times in the years going to VICTORIA

OAK BAY TO LANGFORD

on july 26 2019 i was in downtown VICTORIA and got a transit bus at the corner of DOUGLAS & JOHNSTON streets and got the bus no.2 to OAK BAY wich took only 10 min from downtown VICTORIA . when i got to OAK BAY i looked around the bay and the city of the name stake wich is a suberb of VICTORIA  and BEACH AVE in OAK BAY wich has great vieus of the bay . after that i walked around BEACH AVE i went up to OAK BAY AVE wich is the main street in the town were all stores are located . on OAK BAY AVE is were i got the no.2 bus back to DOWNTOWN VICTORIA and back to my hotel. then around 3.20pm i saw the no.50 bus at douglas and johnston streeet wich goes to LANGFORD and i got onto that and on my way to LANGFORD wich i got to see COLWOOD and VIEU ROYAL and the  BEAR MOUNTAIN.  i got off in LAGFORD out side the main part of town and saw the railway line that use to be the ESQUIMALT & NANAIMO RAILWAY that use run from VICTORIA TO COURTENAY wich was a passenger service wich was ended in 2011 but when i saw that railway line and a photo of the E&N passenger train on a railway box that was very historic to me.  then i saw the bus exchange and  were the no. 50 bus ends and the driver came out and says no.50 to DOWNTOWN so i got back on that bus and went back to DOWNTOWN VICTORIA . overal i was in LAGFORD for a very short time but overal i got to see one end of GREATER VICTORIA to the other wich is the WEST SHORE. for more info on transit serivce in GREATER VICTORIA go to BC TRANSIT.COM  and put in VICTORIA