What a great way to start the New Year.......new sights......new memories.   We started the day leaving at 10 a.m. And drove to White Rock down the coast on the shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca part of the Pacific  The story is the rock is part of the glacier melt and has always been a spot to meet.  There was 2 carloads of us Scott, Chelsea her parents Terry & Clara, Katie the international students who is living with them for a semester plus myself.  Twofold purpose Chelsea was going to meet up her her BBF at the Moby Dick a fish & chip restaurant and we were going to eat ,walk and explore.

Quite innovative how they have it set up.......the west side of the street consists of the ocean, beach and sand plus the boardwalk the full length.   There is a railroad track alongside which is fenced off against the incline of the land.   At various points above are parking spots off the road where each spot is numbered and meters to pay with a ticket to show what time you had to return.   So no on the road parking.  On the other side of the street is all kinds of shopping. One long block is all the restaurants , the next may be boutiques or souvenirs. The next couple of blocks are amazing condos built right in with more windows than you could count.  At each sidestreet are roads resembling roller coasters for the locals to have a back entrance to their homes.  I would say the age of most would be a bit younger then me observing the staircase from the front of the building a good number of the restaurants have outdoor patios or window take outs .  Some of the restaurants have furry blankets or covers for your legs.  I wanted to take a picture but considering they were being used....I just kept walking