Category Archives: Nature

Camping, Canoeing at Lightning Lake, Manning Park, BC

We had the canoe out to Lightning Lake in Manning Park in southern BC. First time we’d taken the canoe out there in a few years and it was gorgeous. We had an afternoon/evening paddle, and a morning paddle. Lots of fish jumping and wildlife.

camping dinner at lightning lake bc


Koji-marinated chicken skewers, yaki udon, and coals-baked potatoes and corn on the cob. Yum!

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Common Loons

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Yumi spotted three grouse on the shore and we drifted right up to them in the canoe

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Great Blue Heron

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Spotted Sandpiper

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This dragonfly kept following us in our canoe. It seemed to have a crush on Yumi 🙂

Fraser Foreshore Walk

We had a ramble this morning at Fraser Foreshore Park in SE Burnaby, walking from Byrne Road east out to the meadow and around and back.

A few sights along the way:

bucket helicopter
This chopper kept circling across the river in Richmond — likely related to the big fire yesterday.

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Lots of snowberries around.

drink holder stone burnaby
This stone has more cup holders than a minivan. . . It even has a cup. Sigh…

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