John Chow dot Com Free WordPress Installation - Start Your Blog Today!
 

Tulips of the Fraser Valley

written by John Chow on April 25, 2009

Make Money!

Tulips of The Valley

The Tulips of the Valley is part the Agassiz Tulip Festival, a yearly event that the whole family can enjoy. Tulips of the Valley offers a 40 acre field featuring tulips in all shapes and sizes. With this many bulbs, you won’t have to tip toe through the tulips. You can just stomp your way through!

Getting to Tulips of the Valley from Vancouver is an hour and a half drive along the Trans Canada Highway. Normally, I would never drive this far just to see a few hundred thousand tulips. As luck (or lack of) would have it, I had to attend a birthday party for one of Sally’s cousins at Castle (not)Fun Park, which is out in a very lonely place known as Abbotsford and not that far from the tulip fest. As lonely as Abbotsford is, it’s a hive of activity compared to Agassiz. If there was no tulip festival happening, there wouldn’t be anything to do there, except maybe milk a cow.

There were quite a few people with a lot of really professional looking photography equipment wandering the fields. No doubt the tulips offer a really good subject to shoot and show off one’s photo skill. Unfortunately, the only digital camera I had was a point and shoot. I think I took some pretty good shots.

Tulips of the Valley is happening now until May 3. Cost of admission is $2.50 per adult and free for children 12 and under. However, no one brother to ask us for money when we went in. I guess they were busy in the tulip fields.

Tulips of The Valley

Tulips of The Valley

Tulips of The Valley

Tulips of The Valley

Tulips of The Valley

Tulips of The Valley

Did you enjoy this post? Get John Chow Dot Com updates via email...

Stay up to date with all of John Chow’s tips for making money online and blog posts by subscribing via email. Your email will be kept private and never shared with anyone.

Comments have been disabled for this post.
Sort: Newest | Oldest

Sorry. Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
I am from Hungary and learning to write in English, please tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "However, nihfcu can help make it easier, more accurate and secure with turbotax online."

Regards ;-) Koto.

One most beautiful flower in bunch of flowers.

Certainly she is looking really cute and fresh.

God bless her.

Nice photos! Now you're a professional photographer!? Haa!

Michael Zhao’s last blog post: End of Second Week.

These flowers look like they are photoshopped... Very good shot John. Beautiful scenery.

The tulips are a joy for eyes,the atmosphere there fills the heart with high feelings.It is inspiring.

game-girl’s last blog post: Прохождение игры Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (Хроники Риддика)

Very pretty shots and beautiful girl with you...i like this place...

Very nice. You're daughter is a very lucky child.

Dean Saliba’s last blog post: Follow Me On Twitter

She is lucky and she is already being trained to be a one who is front of the camera.. I wonder what type of viral marketer she would be .. She have a great teacher at home..

No wonder many make the journey to take photos of tulips. They don't move (much), jump around, throw ice cream at you, scream their lungs out, complain schedule, all that and they are colorful too.

Jake Stone’s last blog post: Sales stories carnival volume 8

Fresh flowers makes all together different impact. It's so good to see them. Your daughter is looking really cool John. Great post ..!!

Beautiful view and very pretty young lady with you :)

That looks amazing John.

Collin De Ruyck’s last blog post: Micro Managing Affiliate Sites - Is it Good or Bad?

Yeah photos are really clear and sharp. I would love to get the details about your camera like made, model and mega pixels.

ZK @ Web Marketing Blog’s last blog post: SEO Marketing by Digital Third Coast

Love tulips, often went to the tulip festival in Holland Michigan.

Michael@TheBloggerSource’s last blog post: Friend Or Follow - A Must Use Twitter Tool

I just thought Tulips came from Holland only, now I see they can came from Canada too.

The color of the tulips in landscape looks awesome.

John your baby looks so big and cute. How old is she now?
My son just turn out 4 years old yesterday..

Marketing Business Review’s last blog post: DoFollow Blogs List of Lists

The "authentic" ones probably still are from holland. But I have seen farms and greenhouses in various cities that make them locally.

Aman@BullsBattleBears’s last blog post: Freebie Monday #21 - Free Birthday Deals!

I'm no Martha Stewart, but I really like how the tulips turned out. The red ones are my favorite.

TYCP Entertainment Magazine’s last blog post: Courtney Van Dusen Interview

Very cool, but this post makes it seem like a paid post. However, I like it :)

-Mike

Well you have all the time in the world to go and do anything you want, so why not do it :D

-Mike

Hi John,

Those photos are just beautiful. I LOVE tulips and you did a great job in showcasing the beauty of them. Your daughter is so precious and she looks like she's having a really great time :-)

Thanks for sharing!

Sonia Colon’s last blog post: Your password for “The Club”!

Woooooow they are so beautiful. Sally is looking sooooooo cute :)

fas’s last blog post: How To Make Money From Home

Wow! That's like a dream

Rick Vaughn’s last blog post: Please STOP Calling!

I like Tulips but my country don't have this kind of Tulip...
Very colourfull and beautiful

Very beautiful scenery.

Best Wishes.

4all2all’s last blog post: Vista screensaver for XP

Those are amazing. Very lucky you can be there =)

blinkky’s last blog post: How To Change Folder Background

You can be also there ... these are the photos of this world only ...

Just you have to spend your time and your money to get at there.

ZK @ Web Marketing Blog’s last blog post: SEO Marketing by Digital Third Coast

amazing pictures! reminds me of when I was in Holland!

Aman@BullsBattleBears’s last blog post: Simplified Sunday #15 - Quick Tips Busy Investors Need To Use!

This is a wonderful landscape. I felt like heaven when I saw it. Thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful scene!
I wish to bring my boy there once he'll grow up... he's just 3 months now. (was born on 12/29/2008)

btw : how can I put my icon on the right side? (you can erase this part of the comment after) thanks :)

Benjamin Cip’s last blog post: Taking action

What icon? Are you talking about a watermark? Most photo editing software can do that for you.

Sorry, what I meant by "icon" was in fact "avatar". but that's ok. Thank you anyway ;)

You need to log into gavatar and upload an image.

I created a gravatar, thanks for the advice John :)

Benjamin Cip’s last blog post: Give and Receive

The flowers are amazing, that's a lot of tulips.

Daughter looks happy to be there. My wife and I just had our first baby on 3/14/09. Gosh they grow up fast...

Peter’s last blog post: Final steps to install Wordpress

Congrats on the new baby and yes, they do grow fast!

How I like flowers !These tulips are magnificient.The buds in my flowerbeds are about to open.

game-girl’s last blog post: 100 шагов скачать фильм онлайн

Beautiful scenery and flowers!

Thanks for sharing!

Go2Wellington’s last blog post: 纽西兰最好居住的城市

Your daughter looks more handsome now.Have a good weekend

Bati’s last blog post: Publishing Editorial

Ahhh beautiful! Seriously can turn those into wallpapers.:)

Gorgeous pictures John!

Melody’s last blog post: Logo Design Process for Bulls Battle Bears

Omg! The tulips are beautiful! My gf love it very much! I bought it in my country, imported from Holland, it cost me about $50++ for a dozen. =.="
Have you bought any tulips there? How much it costs?

The tulips field is really beautiful! Thanks for sharing John!

Regards,
Lee

Lee Ka Hoong’s last blog post: 5 Reasons Why You Fail In Blogging

whoah! $50 for a dozen? When was this and what country??

then only time I paid a lot for Tulips was during Mothers Day but any other time, these are fairly priced ($12-20/doz) depending on the quality.

Aman@BullsBattleBears’s last blog post: Simplified Sunday #15 - Quick Tips Busy Investors Need To Use!

I'm in Malaysia, the price is included import charges + wrapping and decoration, that's why it's expensive. haha! No cure, I have to buy because my gf love it. :D
$12-20/doz is quite cheap man, you're so lucky.

Regards,
Lee

Lee Ka Hoong’s last blog post: Make Money Doing Online Surveys

Well maybe you can start some kind of business there!

Michael Zhao’s last blog post: End of Second Week.

WoW its beautiful ! I like this pictures

That is fine.
A great place for relax.
Best regards.

Jackie Chia

Jackie Chia’s last blog post: ALL CLEAR: FeedMedic Alert for http://feeds2.feedburner.com/SolidaritymakesPowerc...

Love it and amazing pictures =)

Arfan’s last blog post: Loving OpenX

The tulips weren't too bad, what really stood out was the cute kid in the photo, especially that last photo which is exceptional.

Yeah, Sally is precious.

TYCP Entertainment Magazine’s last blog post: Courtney Van Dusen Interview

It's a shame they have to grow up. That is one reason one should always take heaps of photos. I've found they are a good trigger for bringing back memories of the days when you didn't have to worry about boyfriends and they didn't talk back.

Many have a band of kids. There can be twenty years between the oldest and the youngest and between them can fit more than few. I wonder if constantly seeing the wonder of life would be one reason to have one child after another...

Jake Stone’s last blog post: Sales stories carnival volume 8