The Stochastic Game
Ramblings of General Geekery

The Grouse Mountain grizzlies are still chilling after all this time… also, the tree-top adventures are pretty fun!

Grinder or Coola (not sure which is which), one of the two rescue grizzlies on Grouse Mountain, chilling by a pool
The other grizzly, minding his own business
The view from the Grouse Mountain gondola. We can see North Vancouver, downtown Vancouver, the ocean, the island in the distance, etc.
Yours truly, navigating a segment of the blue course between two trees

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The fluffy boy was very brave again, going over the Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge! (although if you haven’t been there in a while, they renovated the bridge a few years ago and it’s a lot more stable now, sadly)

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Yesterday we visited a place that I’m sure I’ve seen many times in films & TV shows: the old abandoned Riverview Mental Hospital! (aka Səmiq̓wəʔelə since the land was given back to the Kwikwetlem First Nation) It looks very appropriate for a horror LARP…

The good boy golden retriever in front of the central building. Everything is closed off, of course. Note all the bars on the windows.
One of the oldest buildings in the complex. Note the ominously reinforced door with a big metal lock on it.
Another of the buildings. Again, note how all the windows have bars... wait, did you see the old woman figure in one of the top floor windows? Nah, I must have imagined it...
One of the small "cottages" that dot the land around the complex.

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Reminder: if you’re a big Bitmap Brothers fan like me, there’s a wonderful book for you called “The Bitmap Brothers: Universe”, published by Read Only Memory, with cool facts, interviews, photos, and more! Can’t recommend this book enough.

Cover and spine of the book
A page spread featuring a production drawing of a Speedball 2 menu screen
A page spread showing the Bitmap Brothers trio in their iconic monochrome pixelated style
A page showing the cover of the "Gods" video game

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Yesterday morning the good fluffy boy and I got caught in a heavy downpour… fun times. What is usually a little stream in the summer temporarily turned to a raging torrent

A good boy golden retriever stands in the forest in front of a river
A river with a pretty quick current for its size
Another part of the river with a pretty quick current
My favourite tree of the Lower Mainland area

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Yesterday we took the good fluffy boy up to Quarry Rock! Lots of people there to impress as he went into the ugly muddy pool at the top to cool down…

A good boy golden retriever sitting at the top of Quarry Rock near Deep Cove, BC. It overlooks the Indian Arm, with Belcarra and Burnaby Mountain visible in the background
A good boy golden retriever taking a mud bath to cool down after hiking. Lots of people going “ewwwww!” all around us but he doesn’t care
The good boy golden retriever isn’t scared of heights and surveys the landscape from atop Quarry Rock
The good boy golden retriever now all muddy, atop Quarry Rock, with lots of people enjoying the view behind him

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