It was a fabulous day in Vancouver as the temperature reached 31 C.
The tide was low and I decided to join a few walkers for a stroll on the ocean floor. We made our way through Pacific Spirit Park to get to Spanish Banks and Jericho Beach,
The first European explorers in the Straight of Georgia were the Spaniards Juan Carrasco and Jose Maria Narváez who sighted the area in 1791.
The Spanish Banks named in commemoration of the meeting of the English under George Vancouver and the Spanish under Galliano and Valdés in June 1792.
Galliano's charts show the banks in 1792 as well as 1795. The Hudson Bay Company came to call the area Spanish Banks for that reason.
Jericho Beach is close to Kitsilano and the name derived from a logging camp called Jerry and Co.
Not far from the downtown area of Vancouver are the beaches.
Remote in a sense but also with it comes tranquillity, a big sky and mountains to complete this picture.
The rest we can capture on camera.
A place to relax, unhurried.
Among the peace and quiet, is a place for everyone, calm and serene.
There is a place for families, walkers, sun worshipers and then there are the dogs.
The dogs love the ocean and its gentle waves, and it doesn't impede in retrieving their sticks. After a good wash down getting rid of the oceans smell as well as salt, they are ready to go home for a nap.
It has been a magnificent day in Vancouver.
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