Showing posts with label Fraser Surrey Docks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fraser Surrey Docks. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 June 2014

50. Waterfront Esplanade, New Westminster

This was a bit of an accidental playground for us - we were on our way to a different playground when we passed by this one! It's a place we've been many times before, but for some reason, this was our first visit this year. We ended up down here today because we had a flat tire earlier in the day and though we planned to have it fixed the next day, we were without a car in the meantime. We took the bus down (dad too - it was our family day!) and walked along the boardwalk, heading for Westminster Pier Park when we passed by the tugboat. It's not a playground in the usual sense of the word and yet it's designed as a structure for kids to play on - which therefore makes it a playground, even if it has no swings or slides! It's also part museum as it has a few old nautical-themed relics in it. Nearby is the Riverfront Market, which is a great place to put a picnic together, and the World's Tallest Tin Solider presides over it all. There used to be a geocache just under the cuff of his pants, but that's long gone. Instead, there is another geocache to be found just downstream, "Fraser Surrey Docks". The tugboat is located at N 49.12.021 W 122.54.644:  https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=z7IAXiVD2wGY.ke14vi-3MYtI&pli=1