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Abbotsford, B.C., B.C. to Cascade Falls, Cascade Falls Regional Park B.C., joe fortes vancouver ca, the Sandbar restaurant Granville Island, Thrifty Foods quality fish Victoria B.C., Vancouver, View of Mount Baker from Abbotsford
Cascade Falls Regional Park (in Beautiful B.C.)
We worked very hard this morning so we decided we deserved a trip to the local swimming hole (about 32 minutes by car.)
It’s called Cascade Falls Regional Park (you just head north from the bed and breakfast in Clayburn).
As far as swimming holes go, the scenery is beyond spectacular. For the locals I talked to, this is the spot among all others they choose.
There she is …Mariko my German friend … not afraid of frigid water.
By Texas standards, the water was frigid cold. But my German friend was not swayed, and was determined to jump from the many perches into the crystal blue water. (I told her she was crazy and belonged to the polar bear club.)
So I did not go diving off big boulders singing COWWWWAAAAABBBBBUNNNGGGGAAAA.
In fact, I hung out on the rocky shore, laying on my beach towel, soaking in the sun, and taking pictures. (After schlepping granite earlier in the day, this is exactly what I needed.)
So as I’m HANGING, I get to talking to a group of locals and they find out I’m from Texas and spending my last days in Vancouver before I fly back home. (They said for fish at Granville Island — the Sandbar restaurant does it just right.)
Then they said for a Vancouver institution … it’s Joe Fortes. (I dare you to look at their website and refrain from walking to your fridge. ha!)
As we talked about fish, I realized I hadn’t published my picture of fish from the grocery in Victoria.
This is just part of the seafood department inside the Thrifty Foods grocery store in Victoria, B.C. (Incredible!! And look at that pink, pink salmon. YUM!)
This piece of fish cost me only about $4 (Canadian). Back in the states, it would have cost at least $7 — I’m thinking Whole Foods would be the only place close with such quality.
Now, on the way back from Cascade Falls today we had to stop to take a picture of Mount Baker — because it seems like such an imposing figure over everything in these parts.
Mount Baker as seen from Abbotsford, B.C. Just spectacular!!
This map gives you an idea of how close we are to the American border and Mount Baker.
