I want to be a beach bum

ahhh... so many sunshiney days and so many beaches ;o)  (I have to make the most of it, I've heard lots about Vancouver's rain!)

Jericho Beach




















Locarno Beach and BBQ

BBQ fun with Robert and fellow hikers, Su and a few more couch surfers!




Dominique, Greg, Sylvain and Su











Second beach pool


English Bay

English guy doing a performance on English Bay


After picking up Ruth from the airport and shimmying through the pre-Pride street party on Davie, we got some pizza and sat on the beach... here's our view!

Sunset beach

Thanks to Kay who's bike I have! Cycled from Commercial Drive heading for English Bay but couldn't resist a stop off here :o)

Third beach


And then of course... there's Wreck Beach...
where clothing is optional, the smell of weed unmistakeable, someone'll mix up a cocktail for you out of their backpack and hawkers sell mushroom maccaroons!

Down trail 6 (it's much worse going up trail 6!) to get to Wreck Beach 200ft below.






me and Jonathan (my couch host in Kitsilano) decided to be beach bums for the day so of course we went to Wreck Beach.  In between swims in the sea, watched police checking for booze, ignoring the smokers, hearing hawkers selling maccaroons, brownies and beer, had a hawaiian cocktail and got chatting to Kiwi lawyer who also decided to be a beach bum for the day.  The day's excitement also included a hovercraft coming to the rescue of some poor guy who'd erm...had a little bit too much to drink or the maccaroon didn't go down so well!