Starting on Tuesday night, we got a serious blast of winter. By the time it was all done with, we apparently got 28cm of snow, making it something like the 4th biggest single day snowfall in the city’s recorded history. On Wednesday, we got out for a walk in the afternoon, as it was still coming down, to enjoy the snow. We don’t get a lot, and it is a bit magical when we do.

As it had been snowing most of the night, I got up early to shovel the sidewalks. I was greeted by a winter wonderland.

It was still coming down quite hard.

A little before lunch time we headed out for a walk. It seemed many others had similar ideas. Right outside on the hill our neighbors were playing in the snow.

Brin, our next door neighbour, was really enjoying the day and doing some tobogganing.

Brin’s Mom and Dad making a huge snowman!

Time to close the road on our steep hill.

We headed up to 7th Ave., which is our favorite local street. The snow was still coming down pretty hard, but it made for a nice walk.

Snowy 7th Avenue.

This gives you a sense as to how much snow we received.

Even Oak Street, one of the major roads, was turned into a tobogganing hill.

We walked over the overpass that takes you over 6th Ave, making our way back towards the seawall.

This tree just looked beautiful.

It was a winter wonderland for sure!

It seemed everyone was out making snowmen.

It was lovely to take a short break from work to enjoy the wintery day.

We worked our way back towards the seawall, and turned back towards home. I was supposed to be working still after all. The path was pretty well cleared, and we even came across a guy that was in a small side by side, that was supposed to be plowing and was stuck in the deeper snow.

Our turn around point on the seawall.

Heading back towards home, the snow was still coming down pretty steadily.

Someone had built a snowman right on the seawall path.

Selfie time!

It wouldn’t be a post without some ducks!

Out in one of the parks there was a huge selection of snowmen and one big snow fort being built.

Thsi was one of the biggest!

Sadly, the walk was not a long one. Less than 45 minutes later we were back home and back to work. We really enjoyed the walk. We so rarely get snow like this, so it was nice to be out in it. Here are a few more random photos, including someone skiing on our hill!

Snowy Galiano - Part 2

While we were not over on Galiano, the cameras meant that we had a good view of the island. It looked like there may have even been more snow on Galiano than in Vancouver.