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Go jump in a lake around Metro Vancouver

When it comes to summer refreshment, there’s nothing sweeter than a dip in a freshwater lake—not that Vancouver is in the same lake-country league as some B.C. regions, such as the Cariboo or the Okanagan. Around these parts, saltwater options far outweigh fresh.

Still, after a dip in the Pacific, a freshwater rinse is de rigueur or suffer the itchy consequences. As an added bonus, nothing beats the sleek feeling that a freshwater plunge imparts to a swimmer’s hair, even after it dries.

Due to high coliform-bacteria levels , Vancouver’s sole freshwater swimming hole, Trout Lake, has been off-limits to bathers this summer. Where to turn for a quick dip? Herewith is a quartet of lakes around Metro Vancouver.

Although it requires a bit of a trip via Port Moody to reach White Pine Beach on Belcarra Regional Park’s Sasamat Lake—and its nearby companion, South Beach, in B.C. Hydro’s Buntzen Lake Recreation Area—that doesn’t stop freshwater fans, especially those with young children, from making the journey. In fact, at this sunniest time of year, parking at either lake is usually at a premium by midday. All the more incentive to take public transit.

Sasamat is by far the warmer, and smaller, of the two, though its setting, albeit fringed with graceful western red cedar, doesn’t rival Buntzen’s pristine woodland. Both lakes feature boat launches (no power boats) for paddlers keen to do more than just stick a toe in the water. This time last year, South Beach was flooded while Buntzen’s hydroelectric power generator, the oldest in the Lower Mainland, underwent an upgrade, triggering a rise in lake levels. In June, waters retreated, good news for two- and four-legged swimmers alike as one of this lake’s unique features is a fenced, off-leash dog beach.

In between dips, check out the walking trails that encircle both lakes. Kids always get a kick crossing the floating bridge at Sasamat’s south end, an ideal place to toss in a fishing line. Both Buntzen and Sasamat are stocked with trout; children aged 16 and under do not require a freshwater fishing licence. On summer weekends, plan to go early or not at all.

White lies and why I believe in them « Weddingbee Boards

A white lie in my definition is something you say that causes no harm to the other person but in saying it, you do make them feel better.

Example: You are dead sick with a cold or something else you can disguise. When Aunt Sue calls and asks how everything is, you tell her "Great! Everything's fine!" Meanwhile, you're sick as a dog.

There's no point in worrying Aunt Sue, in other words.

Or you are up to your eyeballs in debt but you tell your family  everything is gosh darn dandy because you don't want to worry them. (You know you will get out of debt eventually).

Do you agree with this? Do you tolerate white lies or a lie is a lie is a lie?

ETA Would you white lie to your husband? Nothing serious or that would hurt him but would you? Like you're on the phone with him and asks what you're up to and instead of saying you're browsing wedding bee, you say you were "just about to have lunch".

I tolerate and use them. I had a really hard time during FH's last deployment. He was gone for 11 months and I didn't really see a point in telling him I was an absolute mess. There was nothing either of us could do about the situation and I basically had to suck it up. He knows now how bad I was during that time and it upsets him. I can't imagine how it would have effected him while he was Afghanistan to know I was crying myself to sleep every other night.

Tolerate for sure!

I think that white lies are necessary to keep the peace in awkward situations. I'm all about being honest, but there are definite times when your less than positive opinion would be inappropriate. I think that if your negative opinion does not offer any sway other than a constructive one, then it's really not necessary.

I think there is a big difference between telling a LIE, and not telling the whole truth.

I really want to avoid crossing that line with my future husband...

If he calls and asks what I'm doing, saying, "about to eat lunch" IS true! (he just doesn't need to tease me about being on WB!) If I said, "I've been cleaning the house all morning." well, that's a lie, and I don't want to go there.

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