Pics and some history about the place.(yesterday's ride)
First stop the downtown park.Nothing like the park in NYC or anything,but we do the best we can being Canadian and all.
Its a quiet little park,takes yer mind away for a while.I will be taking my Covid Cabin fever suffering roomate down there today,she loves to feed the ducks.
No,yer not allowed to shoot them/eat them,even in these desperate times.
No turtle soup either.
There are ton's of islands that surround my islands,some with a cool story.
One such island had a wolf living on it solo for years.He swam out there and took up residence. No cariboo to be had for dinner so he dined on seals.
Island wolf
Apparantly there have been satanists running around here for years.Close to the spot I took this photo is a graveyard said to be the spot where this person said she was taken to by these devil worshipers. The book/news spread across the world causing huge krap. Read about it here if interested:
Satan here in town
Up here ^ in this photo in the middle on the beach is a bunker left over from Fort Rodd Hill. Built in case the Japanese invaded Canada during WWII. Sorry for the crummy shot,road to get in closed for you know what.Me and my 300mm lens did the best we could. Read about it here if interested.
Cool place
Here is an interesting spot on the waterfront drive.Folks come here,well the dumb ones when the weather is real nasty.They park their cars here and let the waves wash right over them.
Nothing like getting salt water in every crevise of yer ride. Its good for it right?
Oooo crummy pic. Should'a used the flash. LOL.
Next up,a marina that was home to one of the premier whale exhibits around. San Diego and other spots now put it to shame. Interesting side note. We had a whale named Tillicum. Not a bad guy except for his penchant for attacking his trainers.Not his fault if you ask me.Should we really be keeping killer whales in captivity? For our amusement. Anywasy read about Tillicum in a bit.Front story: They took the sperm from Tillicum and shipped it all over the world where his unique charachteristics were soon discovered. His offspring liked to kill and hurt trainers..."Go Tillicum Kids"....I know,not funny. The read:
"Killer" whale
I used to play here as a kid. No sign of kids today,thats a good thing[Covid] Then I brought my kids here to play on the giant concrete structures. Only ones around today were 4 cops. They didn't stop to say hi.
Get my weather from here...old technology,but trusty. I think they forecast by some very incredible means....
"Hey Joe" "Ya Bob" "Will you look out the fuggin window and tell the folks what its gonna do today!"
Well todays forecast
LOOKS AWESOME,check it,long range talk at you later,time to tear the tire off.
