There were times I had driven a long ways with a considerable effort hoping to get enough photos for a blog post. For various reasons, sometimes, it just doesn’t work out. When I went out for dinner with a friend on a recent evening, I took my camera along hoping to get some nice photos of the sunset from Crescent Beach, just south of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I really never expected a blog post to come from it.
Crescent Beach is located in South Surrey, about 45 kilometers from downtown Vancouver. It’s a laid-back community with small shops, restaurants, and many beautiful homes. The beach area is popular during all seasons, and especially in the warm weather. If you read my blog posts, A SNOWY OWL AND MOUNT BAKER, BOUNDARY BAY and SNOWY OWLS IN TREES, EVENING WALKS AT BOUNDARY BAY, it’s right across from the Boundary Bay marshlands. If you desire a long, long walk, you can actually get to Boundary Bay although there may be some walking along roads until you get back to the dike. Alternatively, you can climb the 101 steps on the well-known local staircase, or lay in the buff at the base of the Ocean Park Bluffs (I’m not kidding). For more information on Surrey’s United Naturists (SUN), please check their website.
We arrived just in time. With some marine cloud, the sunset was beautiful. The mountains in the distance are in West Vancouver, Bowen Island, and the Sunshine Coast.
This Great Blue Heron was fishing near the beach.
Eventually, it was time for the heron to leave, and it flew in silhouette.
A view along Crescent Beach, toward downtown Vancouver. Grouse Mountain is in the center-right.
One last look at the beautiful sunset.
I hope you enjoyed this post, as I continue to focus on locations closer to my home. On my next post (this time, for sure), I’ll start my thirteenth day along the French Way of the Camino de Santiago in Spain. I hope you can join me. If you have my book, Camino de Santiago In 20 Days, or have ordered it, I truly appreciate your support. Please also visit me, and comment on my Camino My Way Facebook page. Thanks for your time.













