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July 21, 2009 | Tips from Travellers > Delta, Farms & Orchards
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Summer time in BC is berry time and every year I plan to buy berries and make jam and every year I end up missing the boat. Well, not this year! This year we made a day of it and went to Westham Island in Ladner with some friends. We spent the morning at the George C. Reifel Bird Sanctuary where we fed the ducks and walked around the sanctuary on the dikes. About half way around the walkway there's a viewing tower that gives you an amazing view of the wetlands and on a clear day you can see the North Shore mountains. After the bird sanctuary, and once all our bird seed was gone, we drove back to Emma Lea Farms where we drank the best strawberry milkshake we've ever had and we bought strawberries (that taste like strawberries are supposed to taste like) and tayberries (a tasty cross between a raspberry and a blackberry). We even managed to entertain our 2 year old boys long enough to pick a small crate of raspberries! It was a wonderful day of sunshine, ducks, berries, tractors, wagons and strawberry milkshakes! And, the best part ... now we have jam! Lots of jam! I can't wait to go back for more raspberries ... and blueberries ... and the blackberries! Yum!
June 23, 2009 | Tips from Travellers > Vancouver, Aquariums
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This past weekend my husband, my 2 year old son and I took advantage of a rare rainy June morning and visited one of our favourite spots in the city ... the Vancouver Aquarium! The aquarium is one of the few places in town that we buy an annual pass for because my 2 year old son loves it so much and we visit regularly! This visit was particularly special because we were there to visit the aquarium's newest addition ... the baby beluga! It was kind of neat to see 3 generations of a beluga whale family together. As a bonus, while we there we had the good fortune to wander by the dolphin tank while they were doing some training and we enjoyed a private dolphin show! As usual, the Amazon Gallery was a big hit as we visited our duck friends and looked for the elusive sloth! No luck ... we couldn't find her. We'll come back again and I'm sure we'll find her next time! Rain or shine ... the Vancouver Aquarium is worth a visit.
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