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The other day I bravely took our boys, by myself, to bike ride along the seawall.\u00a0 In hindsight it may not have been the most well thought out decision; it was, however, memorable.\u00a0 Fortunately I elected to do this on a weekday when the seawall is less busy.\u00a0 My biggest mistake, deciding to do this adventure 2 days after our two year old got a bike with training wheels.\u00a0 If we had gone with his trike the outing would have been infinitely more successful.\u00a0 I will always remember the adventure as the one where I dragged a two-wheeled bike, with a loud, crying, mess of a two-year old balanced on top.\u00a0 Ahhh, memories!<\/p>\n

Despite my timing error, it was a lovely ride.\u00a0 We started underneath the Burrard Street Bridge.\u00a0 The boys and I had a great time looking at the underside of the bridge.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure if any structural engineer overheard my explanation of bridges they would have cringed!\u00a0 We carried on looking across the water at the Space Centre<\/a>, the Vancouver Maritime Museum<\/a> and talking about Bard on the Beach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Goodnight<\/a>Goodnight Vancouver<\/a> is a wildly popular book with our boys.\u00a0 They take great pleasure in flipping through the pages and pointing out the various Vancouver attractions they have taken in.\u00a0 One elusive site has been the inukshuk along the seawall.\u00a0 Well no more! \u00a0We ticked it off our to-see list.\u00a0 While we looked at the inukshuk we also admired the \u201cfreighters nestled in the bay\u201d and discussed the mussel-covered rocks.<\/p>\n

\"Mr.<\/a>Now if the adventure had gone according to plan, we would have carried on to the Sylvia Hotel<\/a> for lunch.\u00a0 Have you read \u201cMr. Got To Go<\/a>\u201d to your children?\u00a0 Based on a true story, it tells the tale of a grey cat who used to live at the Sylvia Hotel<\/a>.\u00a0 In fact, the back entrance to the hotel features pictures of the real Mr. Got To Go cat.\u00a0 However, as my two year old had decided his world had ended I didn\u2019t think lunch at the Sylvia was the way to go.<\/p>\n

BC (and world-renowned) artist, Robert Bateman<\/a>, along with the David Suzuki Foundation<\/a>, have recommended children spend a minimum of 30 minutes in nature every day.\u00a0 Cycling along the seawall provides both the nature exposure as well as an infinite number of topics to discuss as a family.\u00a0 We will do it again; however, this time I\u2019m bringing hubby and bikes everyone is comfortable riding.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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