This cluttered photo was my hapless attempt to give a sense of what a visual overload the marina along the waterfront is, near Cardero's and the other popular restaurants. At left, one of the few boats that ever seems to actually go out to sea: one of the several large harbour tour boats that take dozens of people out. They see far more travel than anything in the marina.
Especially the dedicated houseboats, in bright yellow and red, at right: they would have to be towed anywhere; the owners just like living in a marina. (They are smart, probably: it's busy by day, and quiet by night, just as you want in a neighbourhood.)
In front, I notice no less than three little speedboats with enclosed cabins for ugly weather and spray, but TWO outboard motors at back, suggesting serious speed capability, like they were for smuggling or pursuit of same. More likely, they are just sea motorcycles, fast for the sheer fun of it.
And way at the back, look for the white spheres like giant ping-pong balls, enclosing various kinds of radar: the really ridiculous superyachts - the biggest at back, behind the red houseboat, I have never seen once out of its slip in the marina. They just sit there, proving their owners are rich, I think that's their whole job.
2019 August 10: Right In Our Own Backyard
2019 August 9: Back to Flowers
2019 August 8: Boats and Carbon
2019 August 7: Dealing with Summer
2019 August 6: Crowds and Forests
2019 August 5: Pride Parade Whales
2019 August 4: Bye-bye Barretts
2019 August 3: Once Around The Park
2019 August 2: Fireworks and Butterflies
2019 August 1: Charlie's Birthday!
2019 July 31: A Day at the Aquarium
2019 July 30: The Barretts Arrive!
2019 July 29: Random Things in Stanley Park
2019 July 28: Fireworks Last Night
2019 July 27: Monitoring Progress
2019 July 26: Being glad it's not winter
2019 July 25: We Return to Vancouver; Street is Torn Up
2019 July 2: Cat Pictures as we Drive to Calgary
2019 July 1: Canada Day in Stanley Park
2019 Jun 30: Madrid and Victoria - nice cities.
2019 Jun 29: Seattle boat shelves, Cat-vs-Beer
2019 Jun 28: Back from Seattle
2019 Jun 21: Volunteer Gardeners
2019 Jun 18: Tiny Roses and the Outside Cat
2019 Jun 17: Heron Nesting Season
2019 Jun 16: What a Difference a Month Makes (to goslings)
2019 Jun 15: Kittens Who Look At Phones, plus, Spain
2019 Jun 14: Lake Blossoms Everywhere
2019 Jun 11: Scenes from a flight to Denver
2019 Jun 8: Beaver Lake Developments
2019 Jun 7: The Rose Garden Returns!
2019 Jun 6: D-Day commemorated with poppies!
2019 Jun 5: Geese families and Heron at Lost Lagoon
2019 Jun 1: From the archives: Cuba 2017
2019 May 30: Ravine Trail to Beaver Lake
2019 May 28-29: Our Garden and Stanley Forests
2019 May 27: The Umbrella Tree
2019 May 26: Animals of Stanley Park
2019 May 24: Last of the Rose Garden South
2019 May 22: Rose Garden, South End #2
2019 May 21: Retiro and Kitten-Warmers
2019 May 20: Goslings and our Chilco Neighbours
2019 May 19: Finishing up the "back walk" all-floral garden.
2019 May 18: First trip to the Rose Garden South
2019 May 17: More "backwalk" south of Lost Lagoon and Lagoon Drive