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02/02/2003 Archived Entry: "A day at the beach; a piece of cake"

Jen and I took a nice trip out today...sort of a mixed bag of wanting to get out in the fresh air, wanting to see something new, wanting to get near the ocean, and looking around to see what other subcommunities might be better than where we live now. After random consideration, we headed off to Blackie Spit Park, which neither of us had ever seen before. It's in a hidden south-west corner of Surrey between the crappy industrialness of north and northwest Surrey and the over-priced pretentiousness of White Rock. Really nice...still a fairly expensive place to live, but looks like a really nice place to have a walk, a summer picnic, or a quiet bit of ocean viewing.

Some pics here. We talked to a woman who said that the big stump was called "giant's foot" by the kids. The rock balancing is by yours truly - caused quite a few people to watch and comment: "looks like you need some quick-drying cement!", "that's a 'kid' thing to do", etc. Overall, people were happy to see me do it, I think. I love doing it, but I think I was boring Jen; otherwise I'd likely stay there for hours trying to balance every rock on the point. :)

After that, a drive around to see what Ladner was like (flat), and a quick trip along the heavily industrial River road back to Surrey and home (with a stop for Slurpees along the way).