Larry Berg Flight Path Park — Attraction in Richmond

Park was great, date was great, but it all ended so strange...

This girl and I matched on hinge and had been talking for a minute by the time we went out. Hinge did a good job. We agreed on alot, we disagreed respectfully a few times. Awesome. We went to Boston pizza, the meal was rad, she asked me to sit on the same side of the table. She was a little handsy, but nothing rude, head on my shoulder hand on my knee type of thing so I was getting a good vibe. We left and I was driving her home, near the park so I told her she was lucky to live so near because I love to come here and watch planes. She got excited and suggested we grabbed a couple joints and went to do that, so we did. We sat and watched planes and listened to Craig David and smoked a couple doinks down, the sky midnight sky was clear, the airport lights were bright. Again, things were going really well, she was touchy and rubbing my arm but I hadn't gotten clear consent so I decided, this was my time to ask "can I..." she cut me off, maybe even started talking at the same time, and she asked "what's your sign?" I said "pisces." She immediately sat straight and away from me and sternly said "I can't date another pisces, this will never work, you're a trickster. Please take me home." I giggled, so she said again "please take me home." So I quickly fired up my truck and drove her home. In silence. My silence because of amazement. Hers, I'm not too sure. Then she sat in my truck smoking for a few minutes outside of her house... still in silence but with Craig David still playing... so I asked her to get out of my truck, she did, and I left. I never returned a call or message again. I still can't wrap my head around it. We even discussed red flags in texts...

Love, love, love this park! Depending on the day, you can spot a lot of departures directly overhead, but that's not typically the case in my experience. You'd be better off going to the viewing platform by the south terminal if you really want to watch departures, however the park is well maintained, has plenty of picnic tables and benches, lovely grassy areas to lay down a blanket and it's breezy enough to always feel comfortable even on warmer days. It's spacious so you never feel packed in. There's ample room for everyone and it seems people make use of the garbage and recycling bins provided near the parking area, so it's clean too. If you do want to use the picnic tables, I'd only recommend bringing a plastic table cover because birds will answer the call of nature and don't really care that it's a picnic table and not a toilet. Great park though and you don't need to be a kid to...

Found this little carve-out from the Vancouver International Airport on the Richmond-side of the airport grounds. My son is into planes and he loves seeing them in procedures for take-off and landing. This area has a dedicated parking area on the south and north sides of the park, some decorative park features with explanations of the airport, and sights that one can see from a rising. Several park benches if you want to sit down and have a picnic under planes taking off from their run down the runway. There's even a pair of intersecting "mini" runways for the little ones to run along and pretend themselves as planes. Be advised that the noise level can be quite high - not only is there the buzzing from the traffic heading to/away from Richmond, but there are jet planes taking off right above your head. Recommended, esp. if you have a family member who is...