Justine and I have been pretty good about getting out for walks during these COVID times. Mostly it’s been very local - within the neighborhood - but every once in a while we go a little further afield. The other afternoon, a bit spur-of-the-moment, we decided to go for a walk along the Fraser River at the south end of Vancouver.
A map of our little walk along the Fraser River.
We have a birding book for Vancouver that has a number of walks that we haven’t tried out, and so since this one was close and easy we thought we’d try it. It wasn’t the nicest day, but it looked like the rain would hold off and give us a chance to get some fresh air.
We parked a bit north of the river and followed a trail down between two of the golf courses to the trail along the river. It was quite clear that horses uses these trails frequently. Once at the river, we saw a couple of sets of tug boats pulling log booms. This is pretty common in this part of the world, but it’s not something you see you close very often.
A couple of tug boats managing a log boom along the river.
There were two separate huge booms being moved while we wandered.
But of course, we were hoping for some new birds while we did the walk. Sadly it was quite quiet - no much of a surprise for the time of year. We did see a few interesting birds, but nothing new.
This part of Vancouver is known as Southlands and still actually has a few farms holding out. Most are horse farms and there is a lot of riding stables. Still, there were enough opps for some late season flower pics.
Still some dahlias in bloom
While not super-exciting, it was a nice walk and it was good to get out and explore something new.