Harry's Adventures

Well... it's been AGES since my last post! It's also been ages since I went to Vancouver (May, actually!), so with the upcoming GSRBC meet and greet day in Langley, I took the initiative to travel to Vancouver on a multi-day trip.
On Thursday, I overslept by almost two hours, and so I missed the 7:00am ferry, but caught the 9:00am ferry instead, and made my way towards Vancouver. After being slightly delayed by the ship's anchor malfunctioning just off Tsawwassen ferry Terminal, I went over to Braid Street Level Crossing in New Westminster to watch some trains.

I saw two whole trains come through before heading back to my friend's place.
The next day, I went to North Vancouver on the Seabus and rode the 239 to Park Royal Mall, before interchanging for a West Vancouver Transit '257 Horseshoe Bay Express' to the ferry terminal at Horseshoe Bay. Unfortunately, the bus never made it - it broke down just 5 minutes away, up on the busiest section of the Upper Levels Highway. So, we were stranded, with no alternative means of transport for the next 25 minutes. Those who were smart called taxi-cabs from the North Shore, which was just as well because the replacement bus was a smaller Novabus LFS - which was called out to replace the fully-loaded, articulated New Flyer. Still, everybody else squeezed safely got on board, but they missed their ferry to Nanaimo.
Then, I headed out to watch some trains in Pitt Meadows - which is a far cry from Horseshoe Bay! The West Coast Express services were the highlight of the day, with freight also in plentiful supply!


After this, I headed back to Braid for the daily Amtrak service that passes for Seattle. I had quite a shock when I saw a Canadian Pacific Mixed Traffic Freight train waiting for the Rocky Mountaineer to pass by!

After the freight went through, the Amtrak train passed through the level crossing at Braid before the barriers came down! Then, I went back to Waterfront on the Skytrain.


Well... that was exciting, (and worrying) but not as exciting as the next day, where I headed out to Langley for the GSRBC Meet and Greet day! I rode on 'S7252' from Surrey Central Station.

I met many of the dogs, some of them I have met on previous occasions... The highlight of the day was meeting Zoey again and having the honour of taking her on several walks... She's changed A LOT since I last met her in January!

At the end of the day, I had to dash off to catch my bus, and I would have been stranded on the wrong side of the tracks if I hadn't dashed, because a fast Canadian Pacific coal train was coming from Roberts' Bank!

Well... that's three days of adventures summed up in a nutshell.

On the 15th May, I took another trip to Langley for the German Shepherd Rescue of British Columbia Meet & Greet Day at Tisol Pet and Supply store. I had a chance to walk Bear around!


I also journeyed out to Aldergrove, where Translink of Vancouver meets BC Transit of Abbottsford!

Today, I took a day trip to Nanaimo on the VIA Rail Dayliner out of Victoria. After waking up at 5:30 and catching the 6:39 bus to Victoria. I caught the 08:00 train out of Victoria Station.


(The train leaving Nanaimo for Courtenay)


I also filmed a "Buses in Nanaimo" sketch...

I had a brilliant Christmas time, and I've neglected this blog for too long! I'm starting up again...

Christmas Presents...


Jake, the German Shepherd!


Friendly's Christmas Presents (Part 1)


Friendly's Christmas Presents (Part 2)



Friendly and I had a wonderful christmas, and we're looking forward to 2010!