Float this Page

 It's Summer in Vancouver and the weather has been awesome. It's hot and sunny and when this happens in Vancouver everyone in the city is just a wee bit happier.

Our little family spent the afternoon at Cates Park yesterday.

Cates Park is one of the nicest parks in Vancouver, it's located on the North Shore of the city out towards Deep Cove.

Cates Park is located on Native land. There are shell midden's on the beach and in the past other native artifacts have been found there.

There is a magically quality to this park. Perhaps its the breeze or the water or the trees. I am not sure, but it is one of my favorite places to go year round.

On a more practical note, while the beach is a bit rocky, by 1 or 2 in the afternoon a good portion of the upper part of the beach is in shade, while the water remains in sun.

So if you want to relax at the beach but not get burnt, it's a very good place to be.

I brought my Wreak Journal with me with plans to 'Float this Page'.

I decided to fold it into a boat.

 "Sailing, sailing over the bounding main... "

Here's my little boat sailing in the ocean.

Here's an icky dead crab.

I do fine swimming in the ocean until I see that it's full up of dead things. Then I'm just not convinced it's such a good idea to be in the water.

My camera is waterproof.

So I can do strange selfie like shots looking up at the boat and myself from UNDER THE WATER!

Here it is back on dry land a little bit soggy. but still totally  sailable.

I put it back in the Wreak Journal and squished it when I closed it back up. I don't think it will sail again now.

Wreakage now complete.

I found these super tiny sail shells in the sand. 

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