Monday, July 31, 2023

Vancouver Shipyard District

The Capilano RV Park is practically under the Lion’s Gate Bridge and next door to North Vancouver’s largest shopping mall.  It is also right on the Spirit Trail bike path that runs to the Shipyards in one direction and all along the shoreline for several kilometers in the other direction.
Our first evening we biked to the Shipyards where there are tons of restaurants, bars, breweries and a market area that includes a fresh Farmer’s Market every Saturday.  There are two splash pads for kids and an open amphitheater for live music every weekend.  

Saturday morning found us biking the other direction to another market along the shoreline with lots of fruit, veggies and other goodies.  We rode through the shopping district but not much of interest there except a carry out Japanese Sushi market.

Monday morning we were in the waiting room of the Urgent Care Clinic at 8 AM. Six hours later John was seen by a nurse practitioner about the pain in his left buttock that travels around to the front and down to his knee and ankle.  She recommended that he take some anti-inflammatory meds, do some stretching exercises and see how he’s doing in two weeks. If not better she recommended an MRI which will tell what is going on.  When we got to the underground garage where we had parked we found a $70 parking ticket and then when we started the car it had no power steering and lots of red lights.  An hour later we were at the only Jeep dealer in North Vancouver where we left the car.  Not a good day but at least we have our bikes and everything we need is within biking distance.

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