Vancouver Olympic Trip (day 2)
Breakfast
We drove to a neighborhood cafe! Every neighborhood should have places like this.
The Mighty Oak cafe where we got breakfast. We even got a table!
Mandatory selfie time (we still had lots of energy at this point in the trip)
Of course I had to do an eating-action-shot too
Traveling
Next we drove to a parking garage
Intersection with a cool view
From here we parked the car and started walking. First time walking through a new city is always great. A-tier, maybe even S-tier travel. Vancouver isn't new-new for me (been there twice), but still lots to explore.
Excellent statue with some accurate anatomy
Buildings!
I was feeling rather giddy at this point, taking pictures while walking, and then jogging along to catch up to Stacey.
Great pedestrian-only street, but still enough space for delivery trucks to get to places along it
Art museum
The Vancouver Art Gallery had an exibit of Emily Carr's work, one of Stacey's favorite artists, so of course we had to go
We only had 1 ½ hours before meeting our friend for lunch, so we were on a time-limit. I think this is about the perfect amount of time for appreciating art though, so it worked out.
T.V. Trap, 1973, by Evelyn Roth
Blue hair armor girl, by someone
I really had to pee, so I was running around looking for a bathroom, and saw this thing. It was more impactful in-person because it covered a whole wall. Didn't have time to read about it because of my bathroom search. Or should I be saying "washroom"? I think that's what they call it in Canada.
A proper button
Eventually found the washroom. On the way out I noticed this excellent button - very satifying pushing experience.
Made of wires!
Another detail of wire-art
I didn't know what is was made of when I snapped this photo, but this is actually made of lawn chairs. I think this was a part of something about human impact on the environment.
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The central stairwell was really trippy
Made with lawn chairs! With Stacey for scale :)
Oil Fields #18, Belridge, California, USA, 2003, by Edward Burtynsky
Is this real? Very dystopian sy-fi feel. Looked it up and yes, it's a real place, I had no idea there were such big oil fields in the US
(detail) Eco Grief Deforestation Series (Old Growth Stump 2), 2024, by Andrea Bowers
Very cool texture (acrylic on cardboard)
(detail) Unbound (one way ashore, a thousand channels), 2024, by Firelei Báez
Another great textural piece (oil and acrylic on archival printed canvas)
Stacey appreciating Emily Carr (part 1), 2026, by Josh
At this point my feet and ankle hurt, so I sat down on a bench. To pass the time, I took pictures of Stacey appreciating Emily Carr paintings
Stacey appreciating Emily Carr (part 2), 2026, by Josh
Mount Thule, Bylot Island, 1930, by Lawren Harris
There was a non-Emily-Carr piece just hanging out in the same room, very confusing. Also very cool looking. Sorry Stacey, but I might like Lawren better than Emily *gasp*
Stacey appreciating Emily Carr (part 3), 2026, by Josh
Autumn Tree (colored pencil), 2026, by Josh
There was an area to make your own tree art. The kids were using all the green pencils, so I had to get a little experiemental with my colors.
My masterpiece on display
Area for drawing trees
Lunch
Cool arch thingy on our walk to lunch
Library building looks like a colosseum
Another cool building, although the Deloitte letters looks a little silly to me
After-lunch selfie from on top of the library building
Got these trangular rice sandwiches that were hard to unwrap, but quite delicious. Fun time hanging out and a great view too!
This building has trees
Criss-crossed overhead lines at intersection
These overhead lines are getting a little crazy - I think these are for buses?
Biking around Stanley park
We rented bikes and rode them around Stanley park. Very fun.
Stacey enjoying the view
Figurehead thing
Stopped to look at this figurehead thing. I'm assuming this was on the prow of a ship at some point...
We locked up the bikes and went on a short walk to this pond
People hanging out under the bridge
It was very crowded, I think there were a lot of cruise-ship-people, which was annoying. Kept getting passed on the bike path and it made it more stressful than it should've been. Still a great experience though!