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Vanier Park
We wouldn’t have made a trip here if it wasn’t for Junior’s absolute love for “mountain biking” these days. He absolutely loves the sport, and kept on asking us if we can bring him to Whistler to mountain bike. We definitely will fulfill his bike dreams, but first he needs to up his skills and…
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Deering Island Park and Fraser River Trail
Did you know there’s an island in the Dunbar/Southlands neighbourhood in Vancouver, that’s so small it only has 1 street with 2 rows of houses? And they still managed to squeeze in the tiniest park on the tip of this island. We did an early evening stroll here and was quite amazed with the beautiful…
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Barnet Marine Park and Drummond’s Walk
Barnet Marine was not only good for paddling, it was also a great destination for picnic, BBQ, and beach sand fun times. The park is divided into two sections: the eastern section was off-limits to dogs, whereas the western section was basically doggie paradise. We explored the park a little and did Drummond’s Walk, a…
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Crescent Beach trail
One of our favourite places to take Junior biking is by the beach. Not only can we enjoy some beautiful view of the ocean, but Junior can also enjoy the rocks covered trail creating some bumpy riding experience, which he loves. We decided to visit Crescent Beach today. We strolled down the Crescent Beach Walk,…
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Richmond Nature Park
This is one of my favourite parks since childhood. My dad used to bring us here to watch the hummingbirds, visit the nature house for info on different wildlife, and stroll on the wide boardwalk and the beautiful bog forest trails. So when my boys wanted to go to a new place for biking today,…
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Rocky Point Park
After our good friends Alison and Johnny introduced us to this park, it immediately become one of our favourite places to go in Metro Vancouver. This is one of the best family friendly park situated in the heart of Port Moody. Since it was just a 15 minute drive away from Crystal Falls, we decided…
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Deer Lake Loop Trail
The past week we all stayed at home due to the poor air quality from all that forest fire going on. So when the air finally cleared today, my boys absolutely can’t wait to go out. We decided to visit one of our most frequented parks, Deer Lake Park in Burnaby. My good friend Amy…
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Spanish Banks Beach
Spanish Banks has been a long time favourite for us. Billy and I used to come here a lot back in our university days. In fact it used to be one of our favourite dating spot…And now with the two kiddos, we definitely want them to love this place as much as we do! Beach…
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Iona Beach Regional Park
As it’s currently the long weekend before school starts, we decided to hike more trails but also to stay local and avoid the crowds. Junior once again wanted to go on his bike and I wanted to do some jogging, so we ended up on Iona Beach Park. Trail Condition We took the Iona Jetty…
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Mill Lake Park (Mill Lake loop)
One our final home stretch of our road trip, our search for a nice park with playgrounds brought us to the city of Abbotsford. Mill Lake Park was highly rated for its diverse activities for the kids and it certainly did not disappoint. The loop around Mill Lake spans about 2 km with several different…