My favourite place in the whole wide world is Vancouver, specifically the North Shore.  Consider yourself lucky that I am not satisfied with my resize pics.  Regardless, I've found lots of other photos to download so don't say I didn't warn you!    I lived there from '56-62, and then a few years each in the  '70's and the '80's, plus visits in between.  I'm amazed I found this map b/c it absolutely shows my slice of paradise.

 

 

 

When I was aged 2-7 we lived in a house just a few miles below the Capilano Suspension Bridge.  Our kitchen faced downtown Vcr and our living room faced Grouse Mountain.  We had a huge backyard, about the size of a football field, with three different levels.  The lot next door was still forest, with a creek, and one couldn't ask for a better playground.  Lots of flora and fauna, including racoons (which we fed) and cougars (which my Mom reported).  I think I cried for a year when we left.  My Mom missed her family in Winnipeg.

 

We used to go up to Capilano Park quite often. 

 

 

 

Totem Pole Park is also a big attraction there:

 

 

 

A closeup:

 

 

 

They also have a huge salmon hatchery there:

 

      trying to swim upstream.

 

The wood carvings on Grouse Mountain are quite famous but I'll have to post that, along with pics of Grouse, in Pictures, b/c they are huge and I don't want to ruin them.

 

My favourite mountains, The Lions.  You can see their peaks from just about anywhere in Vcr, even on a cloudy day:

 

                    

 

We also used to visit Cleveland Dam quite often:

 

 

 

Another view:

 

 

 

To be continued....... hehe!