Tide Pools in Vancouver?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by kien

Thanks for the suggestions everyone! We ended up spending the morning at Centennial beach. Wow, we LOVED that beach. Very family friendly with a playground, clean posh bathrooms, a cafe. Kids had so much fun.

I didn't think that we'd be there that long but they didn't want to leave so we ended up meeting up with Seahorse Fanatic and his family there for a BBQ lunch on the beach.



Good times and great eats! Thanks again man! :-)

You are MOST WELCOME my friend. Any time.

Anthony

[kien]

Once again, thanks for the suggestions. This morning we headed up to Whytecliff Park. Another awesome place that my kids absolutely loved!







The park was quite different from the beach and tide pools that we went to yesterday (at Centennial) but that was perfectly fine by us. There were plenty of things to discover with the turn of each rock.



And boy were there a lot of rocks to turn



It was also a very nice area to hike and picnic. I also wished that I had brought my bike. So jealous of all the cyclists whipping through the park. Next time!



There actually were a few tide pools here as well.









So ya, the kids had so much fun here that it was virtually impossible for me to peel them away from the park. As a result I ended up getting to the frag meet much later than I had originally planned.



Wish we had time to check out all those other places that were suggested. I suppose this means we will have to do a longer visit next time. :-)

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Kein,

Next year, why don't you four stay with us. It'll be a bit crowded, but then we can go hit the tide pools together. My kids enjoy spending time with yours. Save your $$ for more stuff for your tanks.

I live 4 minutes from Hwy 1, 15 minutes from Bblinks' and 13 minutes from J&L.

Anthony

[kien]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Kein,

Next year, why don't you four stay with us. It'll be a bit crowded, but then we can go hit the tide pools together. My kids enjoy spending time with yours. Save your $$ for more stuff for your tanks.

I live 4 minutes from Hwy 1, 15 minutes from Bblinks' and 13 minutes from J&L.

Anthony

Thanks so much! You are too generous! And the most amazing griller I've ever met! Wish we had time to take you up on your breakfast invite! Next time for sure!

[Madreefer]

Nice pics. One of the many reasons they call it Beautiful B.C.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Thanks to your pics Kien, we'll be taking my sister-in-law and her family with us to Whytecliff Park next Saturday to check out the tide pools. Her boys mainly know wildlife from DVDs and online videos/pics so it'll be cool for them to check out real wild creatures in the tide pools. Low tide will be around 1:30pm next Saturday, NOT 7am, haha.

Anthony

[scherzo]

Glad you had a good time. It looks like your kids are about the same age as Anthony and mine.

Next time you're out to bc maybe we'll join you guys. Maybe we could even organize a Canreef behind the scenes thing with the Vancouver Aquarium.

I'm off most of the summer so I'm good to go everywhere.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by kien

Wish we had time to take you up on your breakfast invite! Next time for sure!

I would have loved to have had time for a bunch of us to meet up for food while you were here
I know your time here was limited, but next time lets make it a party

Kien's annual venture to BC take 2, and it'll be a huge food fest

I'd love the opportunity for a bunch of us to sit around, eating while being served (without poor Anthony having to feed us) and just talk

Looking forward to it

Heck, I'd kick in $10-20 per person who wants to make a trip here
With our member numbers, maybe we could fund someone's trip who'd like to come here for a meet ...

I'm sure it'll get complicated, but it's a thought

[kent]

Great Pics,thanks for sharing