Travel Photos and Trivia by Charles Kitchton
Just east of the Waterfront Station is historic Gastown. At Cambie and Water Street is the famous Steam Clock. The clock is fully steam powered and the steam also provides the Westminster sound marking the time. Although it appears much older, this clock was built in 1977 to cover an exposed steam grate.
Vancouver’s TransLink runs a ship across Vancouver Harbour called the SeaBus. It runs between Waterfront Station to Lonsdale Quay and takes less than 15 mjn. Here, there is the Lonsdale Quay Market and there is a stunning view of Downtown Vancouver. Other attractions such as the Museum of North Vancouver, The ShipYards, Waterfront Park and much more are found here as well.
I wanted to visit the University of British Columbia for a long time. I even considered attending it during my college days. Located on the western peninsula of Vancouver and surrounded by Burrard inlet. There are also thick evergreen forests on the eastern end.
The fourth segment of this hike starts upon leaving Granville Island. Mu path goes around Kits Point and
there are some quite spectacular homes here, some with a city and waterfront view. I mentioned in the
previous post that I wanted one of those apartments. However, these homes would be fine too, although
the upkeep would be a nightmare.
This is home to the Granville Island Public Market, an indoor market with food and gift booths. There is also a plethora of restaurants and shops on the island. However, Granville Island is no longer a true island, but a peninsula. A portion of false creek was filled in to create more land area.
Had to connect in San Francisco, and the flight there was delayed. Just barely made the second flight to Vancouver. However, there was much to see on the way up including the snow-capped Sierra range, Downtown San Francisco. Later, there was Mt. Shasta and Crater Lake before cloud cover took over for the remainder of the flight.
In August 2007 after not having a good vacation in a while, I decided to attend the 2007 Tualatin Crawfish Festival. I had just received an Oregon Scientific point and shoot digital camera and was starting to take photography seriously.
In this post are just a few of the pics snapped up the five days in the great Pacific Northwest. I’ll have many more when I get all the pictures together.
Of the many trips I’ve been on over the years, This is one of the most memorable. Not only was it the first of several visits to the Tualatin Crawfish Festival, but alot of fond memories of being in my former stomping grounds of Portland, OR.
That was my first time back in PDX in five years. Now 16 years later the Tualatin Crawfish Festival is no more and Portland seems to be having some growing pains, but I’ll be back.
Although this post was published in September 2023, future post from past trips will be backdated to the time they occurred.
Took another trip to the Sydney Fish Market then would make my way over to Darling Harbour. On the way there, I passed through a small, quaint community of Prymont. A lot of small shops and cafes are found here. Also liked the historic architecture, somewhat reminding me of old New England architecture.
