Despite the rumblings about the price of real estate, winter rain, homelessness and the traffic, It's hard not to love Vancouver on days like we have had lately.

It truly has been a remarkable spring. I've been at Locarno beach for the past couple of days and it has been breathtaking to say the least. I've always felt very connected to Vancouver in the summer months.

You can really go off some people, you know (she says as she zips up her fleece, looking out of the window at wet, sleety, snowy stuff as the thermometer on the back deck hits a heady high of 4 degrees).

Actually - I'm not moaning at all (much). We've had a pretty glorious couple of weeks here too (just today that the temps have plummeted) and I love this place when it turns green and I gain a watch-strap mark from my pathetic tan

Everything always seems better when it's nice outside, don't you think?

You carry on and enjoy dboy

Yes amazing how quick the winter rains (and snow this year) is forgotten when the sun puts his hat on. It was 34 degrees yesterday away from the water. It has been an unusually hot and dry stretch of weather - hope it holds out - although 34 was a bit too hot for me.

I don't know where you got your pictures from but it must be a con. It rains all the time in Vancouver. Everybody knows that!

OK - so 34 degrees is just showing off

But it's a dry rain as proved by those pictures.

Oh and it's no longer wet sleety snowy stuff here in Calgary, it's just plain old wet snow no rain, 2-4cms forecast by tomorrow morning.

Its definitely BBQ at the beach weather you've just got to hide the booze from the cops though.

http://weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/page..._metric_e.html

Better hurry or the booze will get very very dilute.

I like this forecast better - you really are a kill joy aren't you.

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cabc0308

Long-term weather predictions in Vancouver are notoriously inaccurate.

weather predictions in Calgary are notoriously inaccurate

Yup: It always rains more than expected.

Move to Montreal, here its perfect-- the predictions are pretty much ok.and its real summer too ..

While rain is a regular companion in vancouver, it does not rain as much as common myth would have it and most of the rain falls in the winter season between Nov and March. The rest of the year ranges from moderate to very little during the summer months. It is winter that is the period that vancouver gets its notorious rain - and yes it can get depressing. Summer is usually outstanding.

Anyway, this thread was not meant to be yet another pissing contest about where in Canada has the best weather (it's Osoyoos, BC by the way) but was merely one of those "ain't life great" moments.

Hope all enjoy the summer this year. Novo - happen you can get outside and leave the computer at home. (8,000 posts!)

Then stop rising to the bait and ignore such posts.