As some of you may remember, Animated Meat first came to life in 2008 as a way to document some sights that managed to slip through the cracks of most popular travel websites. You may also remember that the original website was built on Apple's now defunct iWeb. From there, it migrated over to WordPress where it met an untimely demise at the hands of Russian hackers. Many of those old, pre-2012 entries have found a new home here in the Before the Now section. I would consider these posts as my starting place as a writer, probably comparable to a musician's first demo tapes. They are very rough, but I took them all seriously and wrote each one with passion. While I would like to believe that I have matured in my abilities as a writer, it is my hope that I carry this same blind passion into all of my new efforts.

Vancouver - Aquabus - Originally published 2009

June 21, 2018

I’m a big fan of public transportation. Maybe it shows my liberal sympathies. I really enjoy going to a town that has a really with it form of public transportation. I suppose it gives me hope for the future.

Liberal type showing his excitement for public transportation.

Thanks to Vancouver’s unique geography, they have found an innovative way to navigate the peninsula. One of the ways to get around is on something called the Aquabus.