It was a beautiful sunny day today, a little overcast this morning but it cleared up. A little bit of wind which helped keep the air clean and slightly cool so walking was pleasant. After breakfast - home made cinnamon buns, poached pears and yogurt with caramel sauce and eggs benedict - smoked salmon, Canadian Back Bacon or a spinach, sundried tomato and feta option - Ron and I headed down to go to the Museum of Vancouver. Despite having a car the only way to go there is to take a False Creek Ferry from behind the Aquatic Centre at the base of Thurlow Street. From this location you can go to Granville Island or the Maritime Museum and the St. Roche, Heritage Harbour with some interesting old boats, the Museum of Vancouver, the H. R. MacMillan Space Centre and the British Columbia Conservatory of Music, Bard on the Beach, Kitsilano Beach and also the lovely park that over looks English Bay - Vanier Park.
The Museum of Vancouver has a small photo exhibit by Joe Average - an artist first known for his paintings. You might not know him because he is from Vancouver but Princess Dianna heard of him and bought some of his art. Now he is doing photography of outdoor Vancouver during the early morning hours. His work deserves purchase - I just need to find a wall to hang it on! Also showing is a Sex Exhibit - one part of the exhibit I noticed tied into my Lost Souls of Gastown Tour the other day - look for the photo with Birdie Stewart written on it. There was a Neon Exhibit showing the old signs that used to be displayed almost on every corner of commercial streets in Vancouver until 1974 when they got outlawed. Now there is a bit of a resurgence but I remember the bright lights of Granville Street which reminded me to Reno Nevada when I was in my teens and living in Vancouver.
The last exhibit at MOV was of Vancouver - if you are new to Vancouver you should take this in. It traces our history from our Indian/First Nations start to the heyday of 1900 to 1910. It even has an old map of downtown and the West End dating to 1898 which doesn't show the West End Guest House - this house was built in 1906 - but does show another quite grand house. It looks like our block around the turn of that century had maybe 3 or 4 houses on it and yet I'm sure I counted 14 houses by 1906- 1908. I guess it is back to the Archives for some more research!
We stopped at Seigels Bagels at the corner of Cornwall and Cypress to buy some gluten free bagels made in their wood burning oven which operates 24/7. Then it was back to False Creek Ferries for a short trip across the harbour and back to the house. While we waited for the ferry to return we watched 3 people with kites doing ballet in the sky.
A beautiful Vancouver day.
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