Oh My Vancouver!

Nothing screams summer like a walk at the beach. Today, was a perfect day for it, and knowing that those Vancouver rains are always around the corner, I was going to take advantage of the warmer weather and jump out there. With a quick check of the tide tables, I was able to time it just right to get out to Locarno beach in time to catch the tide at it's lowest and enjoy a muddy walk out onto the sandy flats.

Situated at the top of Vancouver's Little Mountain, Queen Elizabeth Park started out as a pit where rocks were quarried for Vancouver's first roadways. In 1930, it was suggested that the land be transformed into sunken gardens, and a few years later the Vancouver Park Board took over the land and transformed it into Canada's first civic arboretum. The gardens were named when they were dedicated in 1939 by King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth (the mother of Queen Elizabeth II) on the occasion of their visit to Vancouver as King and Queen of Canada.