VSO Sunset concert at English Bay

 

Next concert July 12th at Deer Lake in Burnaby.

We had heard that the VSO was playing a free symphony on the beach at English Bay Saturday night so we put the kayaks in at Third Beach and paddled over to check it out. It was nice. We probably should have just put in at Vanier park but we had a nice moonlight paddle on the way back.

We paddled back into the orange glow on the horizon that reflected off the water. Behind us you could see the moon's reflection in the water. I like sunset and moonlight paddles.

I was a bit disappointed so many people were talking during the concert. One giant yacht pulled up with trailer trash music blaring. It was an outrageously offensive thing to do.  

My blood pressure started to boil and I was going to throw some rocks at them but some other paddle boarders went over and spoke with them. After that they surprisingly turn the music off. 

They left shortly after that. All the boats, kayaks and paddle boards were there to listen to the symphony. I suppose it was remotely possible they didn't know what was going on but I find that hard to believe. I think it's more likely the paddle boarders took a picture of the name on the yacht and threatened to report them to bylaws. I thought what complete POS. All that money and they're still just pieces of garbage. Sad as in pathetic. 

Another disappointing reality was the fact that as soon as we got close to the crowd we could smell pot so we gentle reversed paddled to get away from the smell. Asia isn't like that. Even in Colombia the locals see pot smokers as poor and no that' snot because they're doing cocaine because they're not. 

Way too many people in BC smoke way too much pot. People used to get all upset about second hand cigarette smoke. Pot smoke is worse. It's even more carcinogenic. Not everyone wants to breathe that. It's not healthy.

Smoking pot all day every day is a waste of time. It doesn't help us active our goals. It kills ambition. This is why I encourage youth to get out of the fish bowl and travel. Other places aren't like here. This is why we benefit from immigration. They're not all pot heads like the locals are. Immigrants raise the bar for the moral fabric of society. Embrace it.