On our final day in Vancouver we had the hotel store our luggage as we headed out to the sea bus to the North Shore to visit the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park. It was a fun experience and a nice park with a short nature walk. We then grabbed the bus and went to find the Capilano Fish Hatchery. It was supposed to be a short walk…but ended up being quite a bit longer than the 1 kilometer stated. The salmon weren’t jumping the ladder, but a few were resting there. It was a the fish hatchery was a lovely park and a great place to spend a whole day. With only a short time to spend there, we should have skipped it and went straight to Grouse Mountain.
sea bus station
Restaurant across from Capilano Suspension Bridge
Capilano Suspension Bridge
getting ready to cross the suspension bridge
off I go
I'm halfway across and taking Greg's picture
views from the bridge
quit shaking the bridge my pictures are blurring....
all the way across
on the other side
along the nature walk...
water bug
trout pond
under the bridge
tree tops walk
slug on the path
headed back across the bridge
leaving the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
walking to the salmon fish hatchery
flowers along the way
a bridge on the way to the fish hatchery
Cleveland Dam
the hatchery in Capilano River Regional Park
displays at the hatchery - poles and lures
It started to pour rain during our walk to Grouse Mountain and despite the low visibility we took the skyride to the top. Actually, the mist was kinda cool and towards the top it was starting to clear. We grabbed a quick lunch at the lodge and wandered out to see the sights. There was a small wild deer that was attracting a lot of attention and posed for a lot of pictures. I think it was too scared to move as some kids were kind of boxing it in. We took lots of pictures of the beautiful tree trunk carvings. The 2 bears were sleeping, we watched a very nice bird show. We watched part of one of the movies before it was time to take the ride down. The skies cleared and we got very nice views of the city. We stopped at Londsdale Quay for a snack at Beaver Tails. The chocolate hazelnut pastries were to die for! There was a very nice market here with lots of international cuisine. We took the Sea Bus back and Greg left me at the train station while he went to collect our luggage. We took the train to the airport and had time to grab dinner.
in the gondola ride to the top of Grouse Mountain
views on the way up
arrival at the top
it's headed back down
inside the lodge
wild deer a short walk from the lodge
many tree carvings along the path
can't believe it was closed.....
Lumberjack show
Grinder & Coola - orphaned grizzly bears
now, that's a paw.....
waiting for bird show....lots of mist
starting to clear
Snowy Owl
Red-tailed Hawk
Immature Bald Eagle
taking the tram back down the mountain
started out foggy.....
first views of the city
Sea Bus
Sea Bus back to Train Station
Lonsdale Quay
the search for Beaver Tails......
success!
views while we ate
taking the Canada Line train to Vancouver airport to fly home
We had a short flight to Seattle and Customs was a breeze. We had a couple hour layover in Seattle and when we went to board the plane and were told to speak to an agent. We booked seats well in advance and checked in several hours before the flight, but they gave one of our seats away. We booked an aisle and a window in the same row. (I get up a lot and don’t like to walk over other people). We were told about 3 different excuses of what happened. One said, there was a 1 year old they had to accommodate, one said it was a computer glitch, and another said it was to accommodate someone with an injury. The person who had Greg’s seat was traveling with a dog and no one in either of our rows was a child or had an injury. Greg got one guy to trade with me so he could have my window seat and I took his middle seat to sit next to Greg. The woman with the dog had demanded the aisle seat, but the under-seat space is smaller there and her dog didn’t fit very well. The flight attendant kept telling her to keep it completely under the seat. She left it out and since there was no room for her feet she spent the whole trip with her legs spread on either side of it which of course was in my space and the aisle. She actually took the dog out of the carrier and held it for a while making smooching noises and the dog dives towards me. It was a small dog and it only made a few whimpers, but the woman loudly shooshed it waking me up several times. It was a redeye and I really wanted to sleep. Ah well, only a small sour note to end a fabulous trip!
Capilano Suspension Bridge - https://photos.app.goo.gl/mrDFk27SN1m5jXJf9
Grouse Mountain https://photos.app.goo.gl/D66abLeeHLqRnx3i7
My next post will be our first scouting trip to Panama and the end of 2010.
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