Matsqui Village Park

Tucked into the heritage Matsqui Village is none other that Matsqui Village Park. Makes sense right?

Haven't seen things to climb like this yet! Why climb structures when you can climb trees. So much sense here.

Lots of shade, lots of sun, lots of trees, lots of fun..

Hey I'm a poet and didn't know it!



There's even little BBQ stands throughout.

One of the better parts of this park if I do say so myself. It had been a long day and those stainless steel toilets are just super!

 Playground, tennis court, grassy space, roller hockey rink (used to be the awesome pool :(  )
baseball field, bathrooms, it's got it all!

Including a stagnant river ha ha!

Douglas Taylor Park

 Douglas Taylor Park is a great place to walk, stroll, step in horse dookie etc. From a central parking lot there are several ways to enter this trail park.

Deviating from the trail can lead you to shadier more wooded areas as well as sillier selfies!














               

                                                                                                                                                                                                 
You can see from the picture it's a decent
sized trail.





Turkey is bear aware! Now that I'm aware, on to the next! I can live without bears.

Mount Lehman Community Hall

There is no sign anywhere, but it's on the map so it must be so! That's it, soccer field, parking lot. Next!

Unstable Slope Park

What's that you say? Another unnamed park? Why yes! Yes it is. Just follow the map and you'll find them.














When they say unstable they REALLY mean it. If you venture here, please use caution. One step off the gravel bits and it's sinking city.

Trails and more trails......

Huge trees and huge slugs to be found here. You can see the water erosion on this trail as you make your way down to the Fraser River. We didn't go down to the bottom as the though that bears could be out and about got the better of us. I also didn't bring pepper spray and it would be wrong to feed bears such bland people.

Again, you can't see how severe the drop is, but it's about 100 feet down and very easy to get there as the bank is super squishy and is just dying to break away from it's mountain parent any minute.


Don't take your little ones here, unless you need to get your heart going.



Personally I wouldn't mind finding out if it makes it all the way to the river or not...

The Place Across from the Ghost Ferry

Here is an area that we couldn't get to so we just have to guess what's there. At the end of the road is someone's property and then just beyond that property is what I'm guessing is another treed area that belongs to the city.











So just past the dark shrub the slope goes down abruptly. Again I'm going to guess that it's just trees leading to the Fraser River. If you look very closely though, you can see the abandoned BC Ferry on the other side of the river. It may give you a bit of perspective as to where we are.

FYI: I strive to not be a trespasser and I'm making sure that I don't trample on someone else's property or go where we are not allowed to be.

Bradner and Marsh McCormick

                                                                                                                                   Another one of those mysterious green spots on the map. There was a picnic table. We ate lunch here. It was so very quiet and peaceful. There is a trail leading down to the Matsqui flats. Previous tire tracks tell me that it's used for mountain biking quite a bit and we've already established that that's not for me ha ha. Moving on...

                                                             














Big drop off the side, hard to see in the picture, very clear in real life. Still lovely, be careful.

Where we saw deer

Sooooo, hmm


I used to consider Abbotsford to be weird for reasons I can't remember. The parks map that I have from the city has little green patches all over it so signify a park area. There no distinction whether it's a playground park or something else.

This one is something else. If you've ever driven this part of Abbotsford, you'll know that the green area with the curved line is an absolutely crazy hill. No park, lots of trees, and a steep, long hill.

Going down we passed a cyclist going up. He was almost at the top, going slow, but going. I was totally impressed! I don't think I'd get more than 7 feet up the hill and I'm 5'8" so my worn out corpse could make up most of that distance.

Going up we saw him coming down. I can only guess that that's his reward for going up. Personally I'd poop myself going down that hill on a bike but that's also why I don't do that.  We also saw two deer cross the road just as we were halfway up.