And the Route Back Home Again!

 When I get downtown on my new route I'm opposite the tiny sand beach that attracts lots of mums (and occasionally dads) and their kids on hot summer days.    From there I can ride either direction along the harbour, and access the streets that take me to the coffee shop and the library.

I'm sure this little bit of beach was created years ago when that line of boulders on the left was installed, but it works and is crowded  on hot summer days.  The wheelchair 'sidewalk' only appeared this spring.  It was a chilly day when I took this photo, I was surprised there were any people at all.

This is Bayfield Street, the road that fronts the harbour.  If I turn right at the first corner I go to the coffee shop, at the second corner, the library.  This is also where the classic car show is held on Canada Day.

On this day the harbour was almost calm as glass.  You can see three of the student sailboats moving slowly across, fighting the almost total lack of wind!

At one corner of the harbour is the local museum which houses a fascinating collection of artifacts.

On another day I went the opposite direction and watched the students practice their moves out in the open bay, with a nice breeze to help them.  But a line of very big boulders to see past!

Heading back up Parker Street you can see why my original view of it on that hot summer day appeared shaded.

I noticed the second house on the right has put on this spectacular attic dormer.  It would enable them to see right out to the bay over the roof of the smaller house next door.

Then there's the crosswalk, not much of a picture, but this is the key that unlocks this entire route for me.  Without it to stop traffic on a busy road I would not not be using this route at all.

There's another block of Parker Street to ride, a brief detour west a short block, up to the back entrance to the Long Term Care Home, and then it's the meandering path behind the new Long Term Care Home, up the Collingwood Street hill and I'm home.  I enjoy my new route downtown so much that I haven't gone back to Nelson or Trowbridge Street in weeks!