Adventure
What a gorgeous day for a bike ride! I had big plans to cycle the in utero baby and toddler baby down around Stanley Park this morning for a biking adventure, but by English Bay the little was done with the cold and ready to turn around.
I thought this to be perfect timimg for crossing the Burrard Bridge and heading back around to Granville Island for a little food, warmth, and excitement.
Oria was quite happy with this plan, though getting there was a bit of a haul for me. Once on the island we came across the most delicious looking cheese stuffed ginormous olives and decided on that as our snack.
I drank hot coffee, Oria chased pidgeons, we listened to some lovely musicians playing outside, smelled the flowers, and managed to warm ourselves up.
I decided today, at the suggestion of my husband, that we would not even attempt cycling up the hill home and instead hopped on a train to the top of the hill and rode down the hill home. Its really hard hauling the belly around on bike when attempting hills. Flat is perfectly easy, I can’t even tell I’m pregnant, but something about those hills really takes it out of me. Besides the train ride was just the icing on the proverbial cake that was our adventure!
Today Oria and I set out for a Wintery bike ride. The cold air is very refreshing and cleansing. We don’t have snow, and thankfully no rain so we’ll settle for 5 degrees and overcast!
Beach babe. A bike ride brought us to Willows Beach in Victoria this morning and my little lady splashed in the water and covered herself with sand. Glorious morning for the beach!
Beach Babe.
A trip to Locarno Beach for an afternoon picnic with good friends, face and hair full of sand and a sunny sing song bike ride home.
A week in review.
Last Saturday, Oria and I rode our bikes off of the BC Ferries from Vancouver and into Victoria. It was a 35 km ride in along the Lochside Trail. The Lochside Trail is a beautiful, relatively flat ride along oceanside, through farmland, eventually coming into the City.
We stayed with Gemma and Papa Ron for a few days.
While we were in Victoria, We collected rocks at the beach, had a BBQ, we visited Beacon Hill Park, bushwacked, climbed rocks, hit up the petting zoo, ate ice cream, visited friends, and after a wonderful time, we hopped back onto the bicycle and cycled the 35 km back to the ferry through salt air and farm land.
On our ride home, We saw ginormous pigs, horses riding the trail with us, chickens and rabbits. We stopped in at local farms and ate fresh strawberries. It was lovely.
Here are some of our stories (photographs).
Beach picnic. Today we rode 40 km. we finished our afternoon with a trip to Jericho beach. The nice thing about Vancouver beaches on an overcast Wednesday in June is that they are empty. You have all that sand to yourself!!!
A mothers day to remember. Here are a few of my favourite pictures from the day we had!
Crepes and coffee for breakfast. A walk through the endowment lands with Fenway. A hair cut. And an epic bike ride around Stanley Park, beer on patio, and picnic in the park, all of this with two of my favourite people.
I’m so lucky.
Oria brightens each day, and its a pleasure to spend my days with her finding new adventures to share together. Being a mom is a privilege I’ve been blessed with. You never know what this roller coaster ride of parenthood will bring, but I do know one thing for sure, I’ll end up with a smile on my face at some point during the day.
Happy mothers day to all the lovely mothers out there, including my mother in law Rosarie!
Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away…
A couple of beautiful days of weather in Vancouver. Our little family made it down to Spanish Banks with the dogs for super low tide yesterday. We flew the kite, it blew away, got super sandy, and packed away for next time. Oria explored the beach, drank some of the ocean, was happy, then not so much when she realized how wet she got! I think we all had a lovely time.
This morning we woke up to another beautiful sunshine-y day! Oria and I hopped on the bicycle and wandered down to Yaletown. We found a little park on the edge of False Creek. Oria stopped to twirl around in her purdy new dress from Gemma. So adorable.
We decided we needed some sugar and rode our bike through the downtown east side, and found ourselves a delicous Cartems Donut. Mmmm…we, I mean, Oria ate a carrot cake one, it was delicous and covered in oats! I decided on venturing on a direction I’ve not yet been with the bike, east through Strathcona and over to Commercial Drive before turning home, for a rest!
Here are some of the shots of the last couple of days that make me smile:)
Whining. Oria is getting all 4 eye teeth over the last week, and let me tell you, I’ve heard about it. So much whining going on in this house, its awful, however our nights have been decent so I suppose I’d take daytime whining over horrible nights.
I have discovered a way to stop the whining and enjoy each others company though. The bike! It sure does wonders for your pain, your mood and your day! These are some of the things we got up to and came across along our bike route.
Our day yesterday, started with walking the dog, a JJ Bean coffee and play at Parallel Park, and a family bike ride up to Queen Elizabeth Park for a dog romp.
The sun was shining, and the giggles were uncontrollable! Got to love a baby on the front of your bicycle.
Bike rides and Granville Island. What else is there? Candied salmon pieces, fresh blackberries and bread, playgrounds, birds, musicians, people watching…
Life is good over here.
