Summer Fun: Water Bikes at Vanier Park

Update: Grouse multi grind race results

Last week I was in Vancouver for a medical appointment and I stopped off at Vanier Park beside the Planetarium. I had a look at the water bikes and thought they looked like fun.

I really wanted to try it but my legs were burning so I passed. This summer is a write off for me but it doesn't have to be a write off for you. There's lots to do out there. June has been awesome. From Vanier park you can take the water taxi over to the Aquatic center then over to Granville Island. That was always a favorite. Vanier park's a popular place to fly kites. 

 

You can also take affordable dinner cruises from Granville Island. I see they still have the barbecue boats you can rent. Those are pretty cool. It's a round tube boat with a bench seat and a barbecue grill in the middle. Soak up the sun.

There's always lots going on during the summer on Grouse mountain. Tomorrow is the multi grind. 100 people sign up and see how many times they can go up and down the grind from sunrise to sunset. It's intense.

Normally it's on the 21st, the summer solstice, so it's the longest day of the year but they bumped it over to the Monday because it would be too much traffic on a weekend. My son has a buff friend that came in third last year who does it bare foot. That's off the charts. 

They have a new mountain coaster on Grouse now. They've had one on Cypress for a while. On Grouse they have zip lines, grizzly bears in captivity and now they have a bunch of bike roots like on Whistler. Dam mountain is a nice hike.

The Internet is so toxic. It's nice to stay informed but the algorithms are treacherous. Showing you what you love and hate just to provoke a reaction and increase polarization. We've had more than enough extremism. Now we just need common sense. It's nice to turn it off and enjoy life.