Rain warriors

Vancouver is the third most rainy city in Canada, which means you learn to go about your daily routine unfazed and decked out in rain gear. Despite the gloomy weather, we have been keeping ourselves entertained with movies, yoga and coffee shops to name a few. On the couple occasions where the rain has let up for a couple hours we jumped on the opportunity.

The first stop was Jericho Tennis Club in the West side of the city where we took a couple of kayaks out. It felt so good to get outside plus we had an amazing view of downtown and West Van. The ridiculous waterfront houses on "The Golden Mile" were pretty fun to look at too.

Next up was the BCMC and Baden Powell trail. After a steep 35 minute incline up the mountain we turned off onto another trail and started zip zagging our way back down (otherwise I would have needed the dog to drag me up the rest of the way). We got a teeny bit lost and ended up on a new trail Sylvia had never been on. Little did I know, she admitted to freaking out on the inside because we were in prime bear territory but didn't want to say anything until we got to the parking lot. Probably a good idea.   

Another thing I was determined to fit in, rain or shine, was a bike around Stanley Park. This park is a 1000 acre public park that borders downtown Vancouver. You travel along the ocean and under the Golden Gate bridge which makes for some pretty great scenery as you travel around.