12 days of moving
By babykarret on December 4, 2005 - 3:54pm
#12. The Seawall
Two years ago, on New Year's Day, Vancouver was, as it is at this very moment, covered in snow. A friend and I randomly decided to see what a snowy Seawall was like. We met up on Pender, took the #19 to the bus loop at Stanley park, and started to trudge. I marvelled at the bike tracks in the slush, felt my toes go numb in my highly inadequate sneakers. We talked our usual rounds of ephemera, made it to English Bay an hour or so later. My down jacket has smelled of snow since.
In the summer when I feel much less nervous about being on my own bike, the seaside route is my preferred way into downtown, northbound from Ontario and swinging around Science World. I notice that I've only ever done the Seawall in chunks--just rollerblading the Stanley Park bits, or walking by Coal Harbour after the company Christmas party, or going from Yaletown over to the beach and the West End. I've never quite done the entire Seawall all in one go. Maybe that would just be too much Vancouver all at once.
Before it was extended into parts of downtown, the seawall
used to be about nine or ten Km around, and I often took my
bike along in the car on my way to work, and stopped at the
park to do the seawall once around before going on to work
out in Burnaby. It often surprised me how many people got
up early to go jogging or biking around the seawall. It's
a great way to start your day. There are also other trails
in the park which can be enjoyed on a bike, and you should
check it out when the nice weather returns.
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