OT: Vancouver People

[Bloody Brian Burke]

you couldn't pay me enough to be down there right now

Did an afternoon at English Bay once shortly after moving here.

Really crowded even on a weekday, thick weed smell everywhere, junkie setting a fire in the bathroom while little kids washed their hands, assholes blaring their music as obnoxiously loud as they can and yet it seems like when sunset hits there’s suddenly enough cops to enforce every single bylaw and clear the beach.

One of those places that would be really nice if the people we pay to enforce stuff actually enforced stuff.

/always have a great time at CRAB Park though!

 

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you couldn't pay me enough to be down there right now

I was up at Rathtrevor Beach in Parksville earlier today - It felt like my wife and I had the entire beach to ourselves at times.

 

[puckhead]

I was up at Rathtrevor Beach in Parksville earlier today - It felt like my wife and I had the entire beach to ourselves at times.

Maybe put some pants on next time and you won't scare all of the people away

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I was up at Rathtrevor Beach in Parksville earlier today - It felt like my wife and I had the entire beach to ourselves at times.

Last week there was a post on vancouver reddit group complaining that "aLl ouR oUTDoOr SpoTs R bUSy anD smELl oF w33d" which led to people responding with pictures of so many beautiful open spaces/parks where one could go to find some peace and solitude. Was cool that people would share their hidden gems.

/Sunday we went to Redwood Park in South Surrey to walk trails ... it has a section that is loaded with birdhouses that kids place there on fields trips ... cute but when youre all alone under the dense tree cover it can be a little freaky lol

 

[jstewismybastardson]

VPD were doing an emergency training drill on Lions Gate last night ... picture is something

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

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We had a near miss on Shawnigan Lake between a water bomber and a boat...Embedded video in link below.

Near-miss between boat and water bomber prompts warning from Coastal Fire Centre

From her perch on the beach, Richelle Hill couldn’t believe what she was seeing. “They were coming in from the other side, coming straight toward us and swooping down, and literally, this boater goes around and pulls back to cut them off,” said Hill. Hill was one of a handful of people gathered...

www.cheknews.ca

 

[puckhead]

For those unaware, that's not some dinky little back road... That's the highway between Vancouver and Seattle (turns into the I-5)