We decided to take the car, instead of waiting for the free
shuttle bus to Capilano’s Suspension Bridge, over the bridge past West
Vancouver, heading up towards the mountains. Luckily we did as we had no
trouble parking (EVERYWHERE you have to pay like $5 or $10 for parking!) at the
Bridge. Betty was able to get us a AAA discount so we headed in, no waiting in
line! (We discovered as we were leaving around noon, what the wait was like for
most people!).
This park was really well designed to help you appreciate
the gorgeous rainforest all around. This long suspension bridge was left from some
logging operation and developed in the 70s I think as a tourist area. It was
disconcerting crossing the swaying bridge with so many people on it, with a
little creek far down below. But we all made it across. Then there was a
tree-canopy walk from platform to platform. Then a lower walk around the edge
of the rocks. All very beautiful and natural – no nailing into trees, done very
ecologically minded!
On the other side was a Cliff Walk with a narrow walkway jutting out over the
cliff. Rod passed on this one as it was pretty crowded when he tried. Michelle
and I made it around – very lovely! We met up at the gift shop and headed down,
just as busloads of tourists were pouring in!!
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| 1000+ year old Grandma Capilano |
We drove further up the mountain to a ski area that had a
cable car you could ride up. Long lines, packed cars, a $40 price tag for ride
up and down, plus charges for parking had us deciding to pass on this. We met
Fiona from New Zealand at breakfast at our hotel and she told Betty she had
climbed this Mt. yesterday!! Quite a feat! The brochure said it’s straight up
and they really mean it! She said it was difficult! She is here visiting her
son (we ran into them later in the morning, when we made a lunch stop at
Horseshoe Bay where ferries leave for Vancouver Island, Victoria and other
spots! It was a gorgeous place to take a break, in this little town.
Back over the bridge into Vancouver, Betty and I decided to
rent bikes and we rode for two hours around the very edge of Stanley park with
a split biking/walking trail. It only goes one way (except for a few who didn’t
read the brochure or the huge arrows painted on the path!!) So it moved along
pretty well. The scenery was amazing! There were a couple of spots where people
could swim and they were! Some other rocky spots had cairns (little rock
towers) that people had made!
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| Ancient cedar tree |
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| On the see-through cliff walk! Didn't want to stand there! |
This park was really well designed to help you appreciate
the gorgeous rainforest all around. This long suspension bridge was left from some
logging operation and developed in the 70s I think as a tourist area. It was
disconcerting crossing the swaying bridge with so many people on it, with a
little creek far down below. But we all made it across. Then there was a
tree-canopy walk from platform to platform. Then a lower walk around the edge
of the rocks. All very beautiful and natural – no nailing into trees, done very
ecologically minded!
We drove further up the mountain to a ski area that had a
cable car you could ride up. Long lines, packed cars, a $40 price tag for ride
up and down, plus charges for parking had us deciding to pass on this. We met
Fiona from New Zealand at breakfast at our hotel and she told Betty she had
climbed this Mt. yesterday!! Quite a feat! The brochure said it’s straight up
and they really mean it! She said it was difficult! She is here visiting her
son (we ran into them later in the morning, when we made a lunch stop at
Horseshoe Bay where ferries leave for Vancouver Island, Victoria and other
spots! It was a gorgeous place to take a break, in this little town.
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