British Columbia

Looking over the bell and the forward winch at the ferry to the US.

Some folks just can't resist that "I'm king of the world" stuff.

Even while under way, maintenance has got to be done. I wonder if they give this job to the new guys... I've heard that this is common... breass bells NEVER really get all that shiny and clean so you can really give the new guys hell over it no matter how well they do.

Dock line... really thick stuff.

House boats.

On a ferry leaving Victoria.

Heading over a humpback bridge on Victoria Island on the way to Nanaimo.

I don't know why, but I thought this power substation was kind of interesting.

Hmm, those bridges don't exactly match. I'm thinking we're about to go over the newer one.

Coming into the Victoria ferry terminal as another ferry ls departing.

The radar mast of the "Coastal Celebration"

This ferry passed quite a few beautiful islands.

Quite a few islands... Somehow I was expecting more open water. Guess I should have looked at a map.

Bye bye Vancouver...

Those ferries sure churn up the water.

The ramps are raised as the ferry pulls away.

She seems quite content.

Empty ferry berths.

Passengers settle in on Deck 7 as the ferry is about to get under way.

More cargo cranes.

Cargo cranes and containers... more color than I'd have expected.

Extreme close-up of the base of a light post. Note the grounding strap? That's probably because these poles are among the highest points at the ferry terminal.

Control tower for the Ferry terminal.

Not entirely sure if that's some delivery van version of a Smart Car or if it's some other micro city-car. I kind of like it.

Okay last shot of Lion's Gate Bridge... honest.

These racoons were quite friendly... at least if you had a pocket full of snacks.

Stanley Park shore with some of Vancouver in the background.

There was a fairly decnet breeze, but the sail boat was motoring along. it may be that the navigation channels are kind of narrow and don't allow for tacking (zig zagging needed to sail into the wind).

Personally, I prefer sailing.

Patrolling the waters off Stanley Park.

Big ships moving about off Vancouver.

Another angle on Lion's Gate Bridge.

A lone fisherman.

Fishing and biking are fairly popular at Stanley Park.

Looking straight up at Lion's Gate Bridge.

Lion's Gate Bridge again.

Lion's gate bridge taken from the shoreline at Stanley Park.

Sea plane tours are apparently quite big here.

Looking out from underneath the quirky little lighthouse.

An odd little lighthouse in Stanley Park.

I just loved the pattern of cracks.

Okay, last one of the tilty buildings.

More tilty buildings courtesy of wide angle lens distortion.

Buildings, meet sky. Sky, meet buildings.

Things are looking up.

A rather impressive church.

If I had a full photo editor with me, I'd have straightened out the perspective.

With a really wide angle lens, it looka like the buildings are tilty - they're not really though.