SHOW us YOUR PIX here .... Odd, WeiRd ,UnUSuAl or EyE CaTchIng things from your rides

[FlatSix911]

I also had a nice chat with this young lady on her recumbent trike enjoying the weather.

 

[fooferdoggie]

entrance to dornbeckers children's hospital
like going into a dungeon. above those is a walkway from the car park and looks a lot nicer

 

[fooferdoggie]

Dock is going out on its own.

 

[fooferdoggie]

 

[Art Deco]

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Foof, When will you know more about the surgery ? Is she doing OK ?

 

[reed scott]

OK, time for another what is it?

This one has a clue in the immediate back ground.
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Why would steps come down to the sidewalk, and the back up to nothing?

Answer soon, but this is an easy one!

Well the clue is not the stag. It's the hitching post. The little steps are for mounting your steed of course. Mostly for frail folks.

 

[Frank/Delaware]

OK, time for another what is it?

This one has a clue in the immediate back ground.
View attachment 77386
Why would steps come down to the sidewalk, and the back up to nothing?

Answer soon, but this is an easy one!

for dismounting a carriage

 

[Sierratim]

Well the clue is not the stag. It's the hitching post. The little steps are for mounting your steed of course. Mostly for frail folks.

for dismounting a carriage

Well done!

The hitching post is indeed for a steed. The steps were intended for the horse drawn carriages of the day. There are several instances still around town, always in front of the grand old homes of course. My favorite is the hitching post with a horses head, but that would have been way too easy!

BTW - funny story about the cast iron stag in the yard. During the rut, bucks have been known to challenge the stag, one year even knocking it over as the buck engaged it in combat!

 

[steve mercier]

The thing you cannot see in this pic is the nasty headwind. Taken somewhere in Ladner the relentless headwinds lasted about 35 km. I am supposed to group ride this area again tomorrow but now I do not want to.

 

[steve mercier]

View west from Tsawassen out to the Victoria ferry terminal.

 

[steve mercier]

View North from the aptly named city of Delta BC

 

[steve mercier]

View Northeast in Coquitlam

 

[Prairie Dog]

View west from Tsawassen out to the Victoria ferry terminal. View attachment 77628

Thanks for sharing Steve. Love the coast! My wife and I spent many seasons on the road driving to Tsawwassen to catch the ferry over to Swartz Bay. We would leave home at 5 am and drive straight through to make the 5 pm sailing stopping only for gas. Our pit stops in BC were usually where the fill ups were cheaper namely Craigellachie, Kamloops, and Hope. On the final 3-4 outings we relented and stopped overnight in Kamloops before pushing off towards Tsawwassen. Our last trip out to the island was back in late summer of 2018 but we will continue to pursue our goal of making it our permanent home some day.

 

[steve mercier]

Thanks for sharing Steve. Love the coast! My wife and I spent many seasons on the road driving to Tsawwassen to catch the ferry over to Swartz Bay. We would leave home at 5 am and drive straight through to make the 5 pm sailing stopping only for gas. Our pit stops in BC were usually where the fill ups were cheaper namely Craigellachie, Kamloops, and Hope. On the final 3-4 outings we relented and stopped overnight in Kamloops before pushing off towards Tsawwassen. Our last trip out to the island was back in late summer of 2018 but we will continue to pursue our goal of making it our permanent home some day.

Yeah the older I get the more attractive it becomes. Of course we will all be out of luck when the big overdue earthquake hits, and Victoria may get a double whammy if there is a Tsuanami. ...haha

 

[steve mercier]

a ride out in horse country today on Telegraph trail. This was once a pony express route.

 

[steve mercier]

You cannot tell by the way my wife is bundled up but it almost feels like Spring is in the air today.

 

[steve mercier]

You can tell by the moss sticking to the trees that it rains a wee bit here.

 

[LimboJim]

Blends in from afar or above, but not up

close!

 

[ChezCheese:)]

We have one of those cellular "trees" near here - - it is certainly less of an eyesore than a straight metal flagpole type.

 

[FlatSix911]

Blends in from afar or above, but not upView attachment 77896 close!

Not bad at all... I wonder what happens to birds that nest on it?