Last weekend, after my busy and stressful week I decided I needed a relaxing staycation.
A short trip to idyllic Bowen Island was just what the doctor ordered.
Bowen Island is about 12 miles away from Vancouver, some 20 – 35 minutes via boat.
But it feels like you’re in a different country once you get there.
I was debating between taking the ferry from Horseshoe Bay and the water taxi from Granville Island, when Paul, the boating enthusiast (who plans to sail around the world when he retires) said; “Why don’t we just get a boat” and that’s exactly what we did.
We went down to Granville Island the next morning and got a small bow-rider and Paul got to play skipper.
It was a fun and short trip and it really put my camera lens’ anti-shake/image-stabilizer function to test.

I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day; it was a sunny breezy day and the scenes were picturesque…
Here are a ton pictures, enjoy!

…And a great day was had by all.

The End.