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         LOVE A WEEKEND                                                                                                                                TRAVEL






         TRIP TO VANCOUVER?








           THIS NEARBY ISLAND IS EVEN MORE CHILL



                                                         short, fireworks-filled  menu  (604) 947-0808,    Tuscany Italian Trattoria &  bowenislandkayaking.com.
                                                         (smoked wild salmon pizza)  docmorgans.ca.        Pizzeria, 451 Bowen Island   Wheelchair accessible with
                                                         and a quiet, sophisticated  Limited wheelchair    Trunk Road, Bowen Island,   advance notice.
                                                         dining room and patio.   accessibility.           Canada; (604) 947-0550,
                                                                                                           tuscanypizza.com. Closed   BC Ferries, multiple locations,
                                                                 THE FIND         Artisan Eats Cafe,       Mondays and Tuesdays.   (888) 223-3779,
                                                           Though the day was gray,  539 Artisan Lane, Bowen   Wheelchair accessible.  bcferries.com. Check website
                                                         owner-guide Brent O’Malley  Island, Canada;                               for details on accessibility.   n
                                                         of Bowen Island Sea Kayaking  (604) 947-0190      Bowen Island Sea Kayaking,
                                                         gave  my  daughter,  Grace,  artisaneats.ca.      Bowen Island Marina         ©2019 Los Angeles Times
                                                         and me an illuminating  Closed Mondays & Tuesdays.   Dock, Bowen Island,        Distributed by Tribune
                                                         three-hour paddling tour of  Wheelchair accessible.  Canada; (604) 947-9266,     Content Agency, LLC.
                                                         Snug  Cove,  Deep  Bay  and
                                                         Scarborough Beach. The
                                                         scenery was grand, including
                                                         egret and cormorant sightings
                                                         and  close  encounters  with
        by Christopher Reynolds  Resort, a rustic refuge on  seals (and pups) and a
                                 Snug Cove about two blocks  nonstinging jellyfish.
        I   f you’re traveling to  from the ferry landing. It’s   THE LESSON LEARNED
            Vancouver,
                         British neighbored  by  a  marina,
            Columbia, in warm  waterfront and 600-acre
                                                           There are  several daily
        weather, the default move  Crippen Regional Park. To  departures of the BC Ferries
        is a side trip to Vancouver  the east, a few steps uphill, are  to Bowen Island’s Snug
        Island. But there’s a much  a dozen shops and restaurants  Cove, but be aware that most
        closer, sleepier island with  along the main drag, Bowen  people  arrive  by  car.  Ferry
        great  hiking  and  kayaking,  Island Trunk Road. The  staffers were not accustomed
        a family-friendly waterfront  island, mostly hilly forest,  to  luggage-dragging
        and a pleasant village filled  has a year-round population   newcomers without a car,
        with restaurants, shops and  of  about  3,700.  The  resort  and they couldn’t point us to
        lodgings. That’s Bowen  includes a restaurant, shop  an elevator or give us much
        Island, 14 miles northwest  and eight rustic cottages,  help coming or going. Until
        of downtown Vancouver, a  suites and houses. We landed  the ferry corrects this, be
        20-minute  ferry ride from  in the Summer House, a  prepared to drag your luggage
        West Vancouver’s Horseshoe  two-story,  two-bedroom, up two flights of stairs  or
        Bay. After a visit to the big   two-bath Victorian with a  wade through car lanes to get
        city, my wife, daughter and  generous kitchen and living  off the boat.
        I spent a weekend in early  room. Except for a few hours
        July  hiking, paddling and  of Saturday night noise from   INFORMATION:
        unwinding on Bowen. The  next door at Doc Morgan’s  Union Steamship Co. Marina
        tab: about $250 per night,  Pub & Restaurant, it was just  Resort, 431 Bowen Island
        including taxes, for a two- what we wanted.      Trunk Road, Bowen Island,
        story house near the water;                      Canada; (604) 947-0707,
        about $150 for meals; about     THE MEAL         unionsteamshipmarina.com.
        $65 each for kayak tours; and   We had tasty seafood  Several units wheelchair
        about $8 each for the ferry.  at Doc Morgan’s and a  accessible.
                                 pleasant lunch at bustling
                THE BED          Artisan Eats Cafe. But my  Doc Morgan’s, 437 Bowen
          We stayed at the Union  favorite  meal  was  dinner  at  Island Trunk Road,
        Steamship  Co.   Marina Tuscany, a trattoria with a  Bowen Island, Canada;



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