This morning, we packed up a small cooler, and the kids, and took off for Horseshoe Bay, which is located in West Vancouver approximately 25 minutes from downtown (on the way to Whistler off the Sea to Sky Highway). Our plan was to rent a 15' foot boat for a couple hours, explore Howe Sound, have lunch and then head back for naps. It's very rare that plans work out perfectly, especially with kids, but it was one of those days when it did!
We had an amazing ride with a very nervous Captain Mel. As I told him, it's perfectly fine to be nervous because the lives of his family were in his hands. The water was a bit choppy this morning, so they upgraded us to a 17' boat, which was perfectly fine with me. We stayed south to avoid the choppy waters and missed out on the island up north with the sea lions, but hopefully we'll have another chance to explore the islands a bit north of West Vancouver. Instead, we headed in the direction of downtown and saw some multi-million dollar homes along the coast, some beautiful islands, fishing boats with fishermen hoping for some salmon, Snug Cove at Bowen Island, a float plane coming in for landing, and some huge ferries taking Vancouverites to the many island destinations surrounding the city.
At the end of our ride, Melvin received a compliment on his wonderful parking job at the dock. Then, we headed to Troll's Restaurant for their famous fish n chips. We ordered the catch of the season, Basa Fish (type of catfish, super tasty), and it was definitely the best fish n chips I ever had. This is coming from one that lived in London for 6 months, so kudos to Troll's!
We headed back for naps, then went to Stanley Park to take some professional family pictures in the afternoon. I am hoping they turned out well and will be sending them out to friends and family in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned...
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