Queen Elizabeth Park

Saturday after another lazy morning we finally decided on Queen Elizabeth Park for the day. It had Pitch n Putt Golf and a Disc Golf course plus tons of other sports options. After wrestling with the directions mapqwest gave and a few circles we finally found it. As an added bonus Nathan and Family were able to join us and met us there. Pitch n Putt ended up being rather spendy so the guys went to play Disc Golf while we ladies and kids toured the gardens and went to see about a conservatory that was rumored to be there. They were beautiful and covered many acres very amazing. This post will be rather picture laden but hope you enjoy.

We started in the rose gardens and then meandered on up to...

The conservatory with cool fountains in front that were forever changing patterns.

(In the back ground) one of the probably 6 different wedding parties we saw while there. It must have been the place to take pictures. It was certainly a beautiful day for it.

No doggies today.

A vibrant Begonia!

The landscaping was beautiful with lots of rockery as there was once a large quarry there which is now full of gardens and flowers.


The boys found a large rock just right for climbing.

And we didn't know it before but apparently lions like to climb rocks, they're a great place to roar from. Just ask Nathan.

An aside on the above pictures there was a group of Oriental ladies (lots of tour buses stop here) observing the boys playing together and from their gestures (they weren't speaking English) they seemed to be trying to determine if the boys were twins until Chatty set them straight. :0D

A peek from the path above down into the large quarry.
A duck pond, with some ducks who might enjoy a few pebbles for lunch.

And some more beautiful flowers. I think I liked the vibrant colored one in looking back at my pictures and there was an abundance there.


About here Baby Cakes got hungry so we went and found the small quarry which was less visited. It was on the shady side of the park so didn't have as many flowers but lots of rocks for the boys to play in.

Attempts at rearranging the landscape.

Nathan meeting an earthworm or vis versa.

One of the few flowers growing there other than Impatients which like the shade.

Once Baby Cakes was done we meandered back up to the conservatory, it was getting later and the guys were soon to be done with their game.

Chatty and Leroy posing for a self portrait.

We ended back at the fountains were we played around till the guys found us.

One of the moments where the fountains completely disappeared.


Nathan and Leroy having a chat.

One more flower picture in front of some colorful fall grass.

We then headed out for Granville Island as it was not far from there. It lived up to all Chatty's post about it and would have been another fun place to spend some more time. But we just made it there for dinner and a quick visit to the main market. I of course didn't manage any pictures.

Vancouver, B.C. Space Needle.
I don't know what this really was but it sure resembled the Space Needle.

We ended the evening with a little unplanned adventure when the alternator on the Mr. and Chatty's car went out. With only a 20 minute wait on AAA during which time the boys slept it was a rather fun and funny ending to a fun day.

Sunday was spent with the saint's in Richmond and we got to go play games at Nathan's house that night with the YP from up there. Again no pictures but a fun time. Thank you Chatty and the Mr. for having us.