Vancouver, British Columbia has many lovely harbors and inlets that make up the city's coastline.
About 45 minutes outside of Vancouver is a popular harbor, Horseshoe Bay - a placid yet awesome bay that is home to a small community.
Getting to Horseshoe Bay is one of the great local day trips in and around Vancouver.
There are two ways of traveling to the Bay by car: One is along the Upper Levels Highway which gives you a sweeping view of Vancouver harbor.
The other way is a longer and more majestic trip via Marine Drive.
Marine Dr.
is a narrow winding roadway that takes you close to the water.
After crossing Lion's Gate Bridge, you head along the Drive first going through a commercial area.
As you pass by Ambleside Park, a beach park that attracts a large number of people during the summer months, you are see how the community turns beach side areas into their playground.
Passing through Dundarave, an English like small village, then entering a long stretch of Marine Drive's winding forest road you must stop to take in some of the views.
Stopping at Lighthouse Park, you can see from the large cliffs the foreign freighters anchored in the harbor waiting to be filled for wheat and minerals.
The view of the harbor is breathtaking.
As you continue traveling on Marine Drive you are surrounded by homes hugging sharp cliffs overlooking the water.
Exotic multi angular homes and at least one very large home designed as a Greek Parthenon peak out from the trees that line Marine Dr.
One particularly interesting site is Eagle Harbor where hundreds of sail boats are moored in front of a small yellow sand beach no wider than 30 yards.
Its just one of the many noocks you can get sidetracked into along the way.
Arriving in Horseshoe Bay one is overwhelmed by the high mountain's on one side and low rolling green hills on the other forming a semi circle from where the harbor gets its name.
Hundreds of sail boats tethered to wooden planks bob in a light wind.
The most prominent structure in Horseshoe Bay is the ferry terminal which provides ferry service to a number of Gulf Island locations.
The largest ferries to dock are the ones that provide service to Vancouver Island.
When these ferries arrive it is as if a floating towering building slides into the harbor overwhelming man and all other smaller structures.
Besides the popular Trolls restaurant there are number of smaller eateries you can park yourself at to watch the ferries slowly sweep in and out of the harbor.
One is so relaxed in the scenery that you quickly become a native to the surroundings with little reason to head back to where you came from.
For more information Google: Horseshoe Bay, Vancouver, Marine Drive.
About 45 minutes outside of Vancouver is a popular harbor, Horseshoe Bay - a placid yet awesome bay that is home to a small community.
Getting to Horseshoe Bay is one of the great local day trips in and around Vancouver.
There are two ways of traveling to the Bay by car: One is along the Upper Levels Highway which gives you a sweeping view of Vancouver harbor.
The other way is a longer and more majestic trip via Marine Drive.
Marine Dr.
is a narrow winding roadway that takes you close to the water.
After crossing Lion's Gate Bridge, you head along the Drive first going through a commercial area.
As you pass by Ambleside Park, a beach park that attracts a large number of people during the summer months, you are see how the community turns beach side areas into their playground.
Passing through Dundarave, an English like small village, then entering a long stretch of Marine Drive's winding forest road you must stop to take in some of the views.
Stopping at Lighthouse Park, you can see from the large cliffs the foreign freighters anchored in the harbor waiting to be filled for wheat and minerals.
The view of the harbor is breathtaking.
As you continue traveling on Marine Drive you are surrounded by homes hugging sharp cliffs overlooking the water.
Exotic multi angular homes and at least one very large home designed as a Greek Parthenon peak out from the trees that line Marine Dr.
One particularly interesting site is Eagle Harbor where hundreds of sail boats are moored in front of a small yellow sand beach no wider than 30 yards.
Its just one of the many noocks you can get sidetracked into along the way.
Arriving in Horseshoe Bay one is overwhelmed by the high mountain's on one side and low rolling green hills on the other forming a semi circle from where the harbor gets its name.
Hundreds of sail boats tethered to wooden planks bob in a light wind.
The most prominent structure in Horseshoe Bay is the ferry terminal which provides ferry service to a number of Gulf Island locations.
The largest ferries to dock are the ones that provide service to Vancouver Island.
When these ferries arrive it is as if a floating towering building slides into the harbor overwhelming man and all other smaller structures.
Besides the popular Trolls restaurant there are number of smaller eateries you can park yourself at to watch the ferries slowly sweep in and out of the harbor.
One is so relaxed in the scenery that you quickly become a native to the surroundings with little reason to head back to where you came from.
For more information Google: Horseshoe Bay, Vancouver, Marine Drive.
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