As a result of a sequence of partly fortunate, partly unfortunate events, we ended up having brunch on Commercial Drive with friends, followed by silliness actually on Commercial Drive and then a trip out to Iona Beach. Now oddly, I had no idea about the existence of Iona Beach, which is in the City of Richmond until Sleepy, some time ago now, sent me a picture of the most extraordinarily beautiful sunset on ..... Iona Beach.
I asked my colleagues at the Nature Park about it. 'Oh yes,' they said, 'Iona Beach, beautiful sunsets, amazing array of bird life, both of which are a result of the sewage pipe and general pollution.'
'Oh.'
Today we walked along the 4km sewage pipe. There was no smell, there was amazing birdlife and views to the North Shore and south to the ferries at Tsawassen.
The first picture is of the sea, and the change in colour is the line where it ceases to be frozen.
The second is of a Snow Goose and the last is of a Bald Eagle sitting atop an old log frame. I'm glad we went, we weren't there long enough to see a deep red sunset, but the fog shrouded mountains, now they were worth it alone.
We didn't exactly play poohsticks, but well ..... you know.
2 comments:
The third picture is an absolute cracker!
Never seen frozen sea either!
No, I don't think I've ever seen frozen sea outside of a David Attenborough documentary. It was odd because you could see it curving at the edge.
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