There were signs that the season was beginning to change up on our suburb in the sky. The sunshine started to disappear and we actually began to get rain. Our neighbourhood was mostly constructed but there were a few houses that needed to be finished.
These are our favourite homes, how we dreamed of living in one. As great as our area was, we loved to go on little adventures so one weekend our friend Cathy invited us to go to Ladner. It was Ladner, wasn't it Cathy? She had always wanted to see float homes which were a complete mystery to us so off we went!
Actually, first we called her and said, are you sure the weather is supposed to be OK because it's raining like crazy where we are?! She assured us that in Vancouver it was a beautiful day. Um... OK...
We got halfway down the mountain and could see that the rain was letting up and down at the bottom it might be clearer.
And it was! Very sunny and beautiful. We also took Cathy's daughters with us and of course the travelling rabbit, Pepin!
First we stopped by a beautiful farm that had this lovely dog.
And very cool signage.
But this is what we were here for. Houses on water! Imagine, no landscaping or gardening. For us, today, this would be a dream. Back then we thought it was very odd but cool.
Cathy and Liz finally got to see what it would be like to live on the water in a house without it being a house boat.
They even had their own sidewalk and community which was protected by a gate. It was very bizarre.
It was time to drop them all off at the condo and make our way back home up the mountain.
Three quarters of the way we could see that that our apartment was still in the clouds.
I love it, this couple out for a walk could have been me at Reg, LOL. It was clear where they were walking but down the street...???
Yes, when we got to our place it was covered in fog. It was a good lesson for us, that we could escape the bad weather a lot of the time by going for a drive.
Living on a mountain in BC was so weird. Being from completely-flat Toronto, it was an adventure every day to see what the weather would be up to. How I would love to get lost in the foggy woods. I would get to know them so deeply, I could probably do that hike with my eyes closed which is just as well, they could get so very dark in the winter.
And winter was coming...
5 comments:
Wow, talk about literally living on the water, neat yes...and a bit odd. Imagine being a sleepwalker and stepping out of your door accidentally, SPLASH!!lol.
Boy, that rabbit got around, didn't he?
We have been looking at boat houses in Victoria, the hard part is dealing with your furniture. Oh dear, hadn't thought about sleepwalking which I do occasionally do! Thanks Ava, LOL.
Debra, you have no idea, Pepin went everywhere and charmed the socks off everyone. :)
Yes, Ladner (the only other one was Granville Island)...wasn't this near an area connected to an Island, with the funny sign saying "Protected by the gun club", something like that?
Pepin went everywhere...we even had an Asian couple in a limo pull over and jump out to speak to us on Victoria Drive ;)
The fog was always so odd over the inlet, too.
Good times!
Oh good, glad I got it right Cathy! Oh wow, I don't remember the signage but it could be. Pepin was quite the travelling bunny, always got lots of attention and was well loved.
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