Originally Posted by workingbike
That is one of the things I miss not riding those Southern paths any more. However, if you do ride into the late fall/winter be advised, when it starts getting dark down there, good lights are a must. Twice I nearly hit a porcupine south of the bird sanctuary. Both times I saw it when right on top of it, fortunately, it was grubbing around at the
edge of the path!
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Oh! and keep your eyes peeled for the Pelicans, yes, Pelicans. They often fish just below the weir.
I have seen the Pelicans! They are very cool. Last summer a group of them must have decided the weir was too crowded, so they came up-river and hung around near the Crowchild bridge.
Duly noted re: lights... I'm not usually on the Bow pathway proper, but I bet there are critters in Stanley Park too.
Forget to say, I had one stupid-pedestrian encounter this morning. Two ladies with fake tans, designer sunglasses, and expensive yoga outfits were casually wandering along, side by side on the
wrong side of a very busy multi-use path (in other words, they were facing traffic). I actually came to a full stop directly in front of them and they barely glanced at me, then grudgingly moved about 2" to one side. I thanked them, not too sarcastically, and went on my way. I didn't hear any thuds or screams so I assume they made it around the blind corner successfully, but I heard a lot of annoyed bell-ringing. That particular bit of pathway is something of a superhighway for bike commuters coming from Bowness and Parkdale.