North Vancouver - Gateway to the Mountains

A friend at work back home put me in contact with a friend of his here in Vancouver - Tim. An old Perth boy, Tim has been in Vancouver for a number of years and works for a large engineering firm here.

Tim on Mt Fromme

We met on my first Sunday in Vancouver and went for a beer and Tim kindly offered for me to stay at his apartment in North Vancouver to save me some hosteling fees and generally be a little more comfortable. So last Thursday I hauled all my worldly possessions from Burnaby St, down Davie St and through the CBD to Tim's office to pick up his keys.

From his office it is a short walk to the Sea Bus terminal which is the public transport link between downtown and North Vancouver and Tim lives only a few blocks from the Sea Bus terminal on the North side. It is a perfect location, a nice distance from downtown and still central to everything.



Cars make the trip to the North Shore (as it is affectionately known) via either the Lions Gate or Second Narrows Bridges. The Second Narrows Bridge being also known as the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge given the name following and unfortunate collapse during its construction nearly 50 years ago.



Tim has been super kind letting me crash on his sofa bed, eat from his fridge and tap into his wireless Internet. I try to cook in the evening so he comes home to a meal to pay my way. The fun thing is I ride the Sea Bus everyday back into the city to whatever adventure I have planned the night before. As it is Autumn (Fall) here at the moment the weather changes throughout the day and the Sea Bus ride is always different.



The morning trip is full of the city scape with large cargo ships waiting to be unloaded or being towed from their berths having just been loaded.




The trip home is full of mountains - its a great city!!