For all the problems that the Alex Fraser bridge presents when walking over it, at the crest, it does provide a pretty good view of much of the lower mainland. Despite the fact that it's only 200 feet high, you do get a pretty good view. (This does indicate how much of the lower mainland is pretty low.
From the crest you can see from Coquitlam (where it was raining at about six this morning) to White Rock to West Vancouver. (You can't see much of Surrey, but then, who'd want to?)
It's an interesting perspective. You can see clusters of high-rise towers, and you've got a rough idea of direction, but without a real good idea of distance it's hard to tell exactly what it is that you're looking at. That cluster I'm pretty sure is Metrotown. But the one over there? Could that be the buildings around Oakridge? Or is there another development, somewhere in southeastern Vancouver, that's gone up while I wasn't paying attention?
Since I woke up, and got up, and got out for a walk, early this morning, I was hoping for a bit of a sunrise as I was crossing the bridge. Didn't happen, since there was a lot of cloud up the Fraser Valley. And West Vancouver was rather misted in. I wonder if they were having a pretty solid drizzle this morning. Most of the rest of the lower mainland seems to be reasonably expecting a rather clear day today: even Coquitlam seem to have cleared up by the time I reached the end of the bridge.
No comments:
Post a Comment