Grouse Mountain and Gastown

[squirmelia]

View from Cloud 9

Grouse Mountain was my destination on Tuesday, but I did not attempt snowshoeing the Grouse Grind ("Mother Nature's Stairmaster"). The Skyride lifted me above the amazingly tall trees, which were all covered in thick layers of snow, and onto the mountain. I walked past Santa's Workshop, which had candy canes outside, and took photos of the chainsaw sculptures, before consuming a nanaimo bar and writing more for NaNoWriMo. The amount of snow and the views of the extensive forests were breathtaking, although the bears were apparently hibernating.

I walked from Gastown to Chinatown after that, taking in the sights of the Steam Clock and Gassy Jack, as well as the world's narrowest building. At sunset, I made it to the Vancouver Lookout in the Harbour Centre Tower for more great views of skyscrapers.

I ended the day at a downtown write-in, tapping out a few more thousand words.

Comments

[gnommi.livejournal.com]

That photo is quite lovely.

It reminds me of pigeons: not the scabby things you get in cities, but the soft thundercloud grey/pearly pink/iridescent blue-lavender ones from the countryside: in the rain.

[clare42]

You might well have walked past the offices where I now work in Gastown; 2 minutes from Gassy Jack. How strange!

The world's narrowest building is in Vancouver? I did not know. Yet there it is on Google maps, a 5 minute walk from work.