Burnaby Mountain Park
Burnaby, BC Canada
The mountain, water and city views from high atop Burnaby Mountain make this destination popular for locals and the green hillside offers room to throw a frisbee or send a kite soaring.
A network of trails offers a variety of hiking, The green hillside offers room to throw a frisbee or send a kite soaring. A network of trails offers a variety of hiking, walking and jogging options, and there is a playground tucked into the upper hillside.
www.greatervancouverparks.com/BurnabyMtn01.html
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Parksville, BC Canada
Rathtrevor Beach Park in Parksville is one of the premier vacation destinations on Vancouver Island. Rathtrevor offers majestic old-growth woodland, beautiful ocean sunsets, and a wide, sandy beach with campsites nestled among the trees.
At low tide, the ocean recedes almost a kilometre, providing an ideal place for visitors of all ages to play in the sand and explore the shoreline. When the tide rolls in over sunbaked sand, the warmed water is perfect for swimming.
Rathtrevor is ideal for a relaxed family outing. Sit back and soak up the seaside atmosphere or take a walk through the wooded upland area of the park. All campsites are within a five-minute walk of the beach, which stretches for two kilometres. The park also features a large day-use and picnicking area.
Bird watching is another popular activity at Rathtrevor, particularly in the spring when large numbers of seabirds congregate for the annual herring spawn. During February, March, and April, this park is also one of Vancouver Island’s best spots for viewing migrating Brant geese.
Reference: bcparks.ca/rathtrevor-beach-park/#park-overview-container
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La Conner, Washington
Nasty Jack’s Antiques was established in 1972 by “Nasty” Jack Wilkins and his partner “Diamond” Jim Reynolds. Described by many as two colorful characters, they pursued their dream to operate an antique store.
Through their entrepreneurial savvy, Nasty Jack’s grew into one of the biggest and most successful antique establishments on the coast of Western Washington. Eventually, “Diamond” Jim left the business to pursue other interests, and “Nasty” Jack continued to run the business for over twenty years, establishing himself as an icon in the antique world. Throughout the years, “Nasty” Jack was the subject of many television interviews and newspaper articles.
Sadly, in 1994, “Nasty” Jack suffered a heart attack and passed away, leaving the business he built and loved so much to his daughter, Marlo, and his son-in-law, Gary Frank, who run the family business today. At 12,000 square feet, Nasty Jack’s remains one of the largest antique stores in the region.
The Brunswick Hotel and Fair Store was built in 1891. The building has had many lives including being a department store, then a furniture repair shop and undertaking parlor, a carpenter shop, a grocery store, a meeting room for school classes, and currently an antique shop.
Architecture – originally 3 stories with a mansard roof though the top story was removed. The store retains full length front windows and the top of the front façade terminates in a decorative semi-arched cornice relieving the rectangularity of the building.
Nasty Jacks is located at 103 Morris Street in La Conner, Washington. You can find them on the National Registry of Historic Places. The front of the store has ride on toys and activities many families and groups love to make a part of their trip to La Conner, WA. Come explore our 12,000 sq ft building is a few steps from the channel, ice cream, restaurants and shopping.
Reference: nastyjacksantiques.com/about-us-our-story
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“A Room without Books, is like a body without a Soul” - Cicero
Fairhaven Historic DIstrict
Bellingham, Washington
A bronze sculpture of Mark Twain seated on a bench was installed on Saturday, May 26 in front of Village Books and Paper Dreams on 11th Street in Historic Fairhaven District of Bellingham, WA.
In August 1895, Samuel Clemens – better known as Mark Twain – visited Fairhaven. Artist Gary Lee Price’s life-sized bronze sculpture of Twain seated on a bench, reading a book, joins similar nearby sculptures of Fairhaven founder Dirty Dan Harris and community leader J.J. Donovan.
Donated by community member Michael Botwin to the City of Bellingham and Village Books, the bench has space so visitors can sit awhile with the legendary writer and humorist.
www.bellingham.org/press-releases/unveiling-of-mark-twain...
nwbooklovers.org/2018/07/06/village-books-gets-new-famous...
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Garibaldi, Oregon
At over 700 feet in length, Garibaldi’s Pier’s End pier is the longest in Oregon. It is located across U.S. Highway 101 from the historical Coast Guard Headquarters building. Near its end is a building that served as a boathouse for the Coast Guard from 1934 until the early 1960s.
The Port of Garibaldi took ownership of the pier as part of a land swap with the federal government in the late 1970s. Although the building is under private lease, the pier itself is open free to the public for a wide range of recreational fishing opportunities, including crabbing, bottom fishing for sturgeon and other species, and salmon fishing. A stairway provides public access to the clam beds below.
Reference: visitgaribaldi.gov/piers-end
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