Good day in North Van

Today started out as another rainy day, so we took a Tim Hortons to Jeff and his boss at "IN-PRINT". And who should be there but some friends who lived in Cobourg many years ago - Doug and Jewel Taylor.  They work in real estate and "food tours", and have all their printing done there.  It was really nice to see them.

Sorry, I couldn't resist - he was enormous!

After a jaunt around the Cap Mall, since the sun had come out, we took a walk at the Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge.  What a pretty day it turned out to be!

It's so wet in the canyon that it's almost like a rain forest - lots of interesting things to see.

A very old, hollow tree stump.

It's funny how the roots of the trees grow over top of the rocks.

I loved how these trees grew all twisted together.  And everything is covered with moss.

This is a nurse log.  Trees take root in the old dead log, spread their roots over it and down to the ground, and gradually the log rots away and leaves the roots above ground.

Nice smooth even path to walk on!

Another old stump.

Karen, this one's for you.  The cherry trees in Vancouver were pretty well done, but up here on the north shore, higher up, they're pretty much at peak.

Tonight we went with Jeff to see him play a soccer game in Burnaby.  He plays in a church league, and plays for Cap Community Church.  They were pretty short players, so he played the whole game.  I don't think we'll have to rock him to sleep tonight!