Alan and Julie Starting selfie Blue skies of Tsawwassen Viewing platform Duck crossing December in Beach Grove Two crows a-cawing Heron hiding Windy day… lots of kite surfers and sail boarders in the Bay Coffee stop on the way back Raptor along Raptor Trail After driving through pouring rain we started at Centennial Beach in …
Waterfollies This month’s Looper outing was scheduled to have 21 participants and was initially split into 4 groups, cleverly named Group 1 through 4. Unfortunately several Group 3 Loopers had to cancel at the last minute due to unforeseen circumstances leaving Group 3 with just 2 members. A quick adjustment by Dave, our fearless organizer, …
Continue reading 2020 November 1 – Hayward Lake Reservoir Trail
Proposed Bridge across (the southern part of) Brohm Lake October's Looper walk was on a misty Sunday, along a slightly rough trail through the Brohm Lake Interpretive Forest, about an hour's drive north of Vancouver. Loopers were divided into three groups, departing at roughly 10-minute intervals from the parking lot, the groups this time being …
Continue reading 2020 October 4: Brohm Lake Interpretive Forest
September route This month’s walk follows the Coquitlam River north from Lions Park along a combination of gentle, wooded stretches of the Traboulay, PoCo, and Trans Canada Trails until you emerge at David Avenue. You walk on the road for a short distance and then cross to find the entrance to the Crystal Falls Trail. …
Starting Selfie X 3 Once again the Loopers gathered in smaller groups for the monthly walk, this month starting out near the mouth of MacKay Creek. 16 Loopers and 1 guest met at the starting point and 2 Loopers joined along the way. Group 1, led by Dave, departed at 10:15am; Group 2, with Michael …
Continue reading 2020 August 2: Up one creek (MacKay) and down the other (Mosquito)
The July walk saw another step in our gradual move back to normal. As requested and recommended by Dr. Bonnie, we divided into small groups rather than walking as one large group (three groups; creatively named Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3). Group 1 (guided by Dave) departed at 10:15; Group 2 (guided by …
Are we in Phase 2 of the pandemic? And what does Phase 2 really mean? These are the questions that kept our organizer up at night, wondering how to safely Loop this month. The late-breaking solution was to suggest a route where Loopers had room to walk in pairs, two metres apart, while people not …
For a second month Loopers walked alone, in couples, or in small groups. However, there must be some psychic connection as 3 groups chose routes near each other in Richmond, 2 couples walked from Spanish Banks to UBC, and 2 other couples walked to Science World (from opposite directions). Another 2 groups chose to join …
This is the first month where current rules about social distancing mean that we can't walk as a group. But, ever resourceful, we walked as multiple groups. Adrienne This is on the North Shore ... walked from Hyannis Drive, on a trail called Bridle Path to the east, that ended up coming out by Northlands …
Continue reading 2020 April 5: Looping in the Time of Covid-19
Twenty Loopers successfully found their way to Garry Point Park in Steveston on St. David's Day (aka March 1) to walk along the banks of the Fraser River. Three, by prearrangement, then drove to the Diplomat Bakery near London Landing Wharf—about 3 km along the route—to enjoy coffee and pastries before joining the others as …
Loopers 2020 — Water Walks 