Tuesday Outing

Last Tuesday I managed to pull myself away, from birdwatching on my deck (finches are so cute!), for a nice bike ride .

I rode from Finn Slough to Steveston in search of spot prawns. It’s spot prawn season here on the west coast! As a seafood lover, local sustainable prawns are treat. I had made lobster broth, from lobster shells left from a lunch we hosted for our deck construction guys, a few days before and was intending to poach spot prawn raviolis in the broth. So off I cycled to Steveston. No luck though, all the commerical boats were out on the water. It was weird to see the marina so vacant. But my ride was not totally in vain, as there were many interesting sites to enjoy on the way home.

Steveston’s main street had become a post-apocalyptic war zone, complete with tanks and militia. For a minute, I expected to see the star of the film, Godzilla!, but then realized that he will be 100% computer generated, not a giant mechanical beast – haha.

I passed by Britannia Heritage Shipyard,

and the cutest polling station that I’ve ever seen.

I stopped for a water break beside the Fraser River,

and passed by lots of freshly planted farm land.

Only to return to another post-apocaliptic war zone – Finn Slough! I knew that they would be filming out here but hadn’t seen this giant prop yet. The big budget film will use Finn Slough as a Japanese fishing village, hence the decrepit Japanese gate. I’ve since heard that it was constructed of styrofoam and the “barnacles” are made from pasta. At high tide it’s quite eery.

I settled back at home, pulled some prawns out of the freezer, that my Dad had caught the previous summer, and proceeded to make dinner. While folding prawn raviolis, a Great Blue Heron looked out over the Slough. I wonder what she makes of the Japanese Gate?

Oh dear, from birds to birds. Christina would say I’m becoming a “bird nerd”…and she would be right.

glenda.