| “It gives you a greater sense of peace and your welfare is improved by being in a green world such as this.” | | “It gives you a greater sense of peace and your welfare is improved by being in a green world such as this.” | <div class="ExternalClass38298722BCB84155B89560044B2E7A62"><p>“I’ve been a volunteer at BC Mills House for many years. I decided to give up the volunteer coordinator position just this year. What I’ve enjoyed is being with the other volunteers, many of whom I’ve recruited. I grew up on a farm in Manitoba. I spent a lot of time in a tree reading a book. So the trees appeal to me greatly. I believe very strongly that it gives you a greater sense of peace and your welfare is improved by being in a green world such as this.”<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-lynn-headwaters-1.jpg, “It gives you a greater sense of peace and your welfare is improved by being in a green world such as this.”
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| “We can really get away from everything.” | | “We can really get away from everything.” | <div class="ExternalClassEED704747F66422C9E59E0FBD26F2335"><p>“Before we got engaged, we went on a hike [here] and it was super beautiful. We got inspired to get married and have our pictures done here.”</p><p>“I’ve lived in Vancouver my entire life so I’ve been coming here since I was five.”</p><p>“It’s nice to get out of the city because we live close to downtown.”</p><p>“Also cell phones don’t work up here. So we can really get away from everything. And it’s just our time.”</p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-lynn-headwaters-2.jpg, “We can really get away from everything.”
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| “We will definitely come back.” | | “We will definitely come back.” | <div class="ExternalClassBB42EDA528BB478D9F7A6D58854BFC94"><p>“We’re sisters and these are our husbands. We live in the Netherlands. I’ve been there 12 years so I come back every year to see family.”</p><p>“We’re doing more outdoorsy stuff this year …”</p><p>“... it keeps us out of restaurants and bars!”</p><p>“In the Netherlands, we have a few forests but it’s all very flat. There’s not much wilderness. It’s very different here.”</p><p> “It’s our first time to Lynn Headwaters Regional Park. I love to be in the mountains. And it’s dog friendly. We will definitely come back.”</p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-lynn-headwaters-3.jpg, “We will definitely come back.”
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| “I just feel like I’m home here.” | | “I just feel like I’m home here.” | <div class="ExternalClass72EC61DB81F44A2FBAB66EC500AAC17C"><p>“I take the dogs here all the time. They get really excited and then they’ll drag me here to the trail."</p><p>“I just feel like I’m home here. This is what BC feels like to me. It’s gorgeous, natural, green.”<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-lynn-headwaters-4.jpg, “I just feel like I’m home here.”
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