Although traveling in rush hour traffic - including along Hastings Street - I made good progress as most of the trip was against the general flow of the morning rush.

At 9:10 I arrived at the Buntzen Lake, south beach, launching place. The initial impression of the lake was favorable; calm and quiet. I was seemingly alone but for some people playing with their dog at the other end of the beach. Prior to being renamed after the first general manager of B.C. Electric Co., Johannes Buntzen, the lake was known as Lake Beautiful. The view this morning lived up to the previous appellation.