Eagles and Whales and Bears, oh my!!! COMPLETED 3/4/2012
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**Colexis Mom** · 10-07-2011, 07:58 AM

Great pictures from Vancouver! The hatchery looks like fun! Congrats on doing the cliff walk!

**chezp** · 10-07-2011, 12:16 PM

Ok, that's really weird.

I thought I'd commented on this earlier today, I certainly read it this morning... very odd!

If we ever make it back to Vancouver, we will so have to take this tour - everything about the salmon hatchery was fascinating (hey, I remember writing that once already.... I must've written a comment and not posted it!

) and I can see why everyone enjoyed their visit to the one in Juneau.

**lauriep** · 10-07-2011, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Grammy Grumpy

After Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon last year, this looked way safer! Wait until next time with the suspension bridge! I'm going to try and get some video uploaded to give the full effect!

OK, I'll take some dramamine before reading your next update! I loved the photos of the suspension bridge in Marnie's TR, but the thought of doing it myself definitely brings on the queasies!

cubfancolleen · 10-07-2011, 10:05 PM

Love the cliff walk pictures!!

**DrDolphin** · 10-08-2011, 07:49 PM

Just got all caught up on your TR Barb. Your adventures in Vancouver sound wonderful - can't wait to read more!

Big Baloo · 10-09-2011, 03:06 PM

Great photos of your adventures (so far!) Am really enjoying all the commentary, too!
(And don't you just love your Ford Escape? I had one up until February and really miss it!)

**rescuesk** · 10-09-2011, 06:19 PM

Now I am more determined than ever to visit Vancouver!! Love all the pictures, and I would love to do the cliff walk!

And did you ever really think you would feel like a salmon?

**Grammy Grumpy** · 10-09-2011, 09:49 PM

Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, Continued

After we finished up with the Cliffwalk (honestly, I’m not very happy with heights, but it was so beautiful I forgot to be scared!) it was time to see the bridge, go over it, and explore the other side of the park. This was a place that if we hadn’t been on a tour we could have spent all day here. I’m glad we got to do it all though.

(Suspension Bridge as viewed from the Cliffwalk)

As we came down from the cliff there were some displays set up for educational purposes to show the effect of the rainforest in the area. There was a waterfall that flowed into the Capilano River. I got a picture of DH taking a picture of the waterfall and he in turn took a picture of me by the waterfall.

There are also BIG trees in the rainforest!

This shows the effect of water on the rock over time.

These pictures were taken on the walkway back to the bridge. I can’t remember if the mist was to simulate the rainforest or if it was real. The ferns, however, were real.

We found a picture spot so I set up a timed photo. Oh, and there were totem poles (we saw lots of them this trip).

We took lots of pictures as we walked over the bridge and that was not an easy task!

Once on the other side we wanted to do the Treetops Adventure but we needed a snack. Luckily there was a place to get something on that side of the bridge. I did not want to go back to the other side to eat and then back again.

Snack over we headed over to the beginning spot of the adventure. It was similar to the Cliffwalk except you walked up into the trees and walked from tree to tree on suspended walkways. It was pretty darn cool!

There were places where you could see the stumps of the trees that needed to be taken out of the way of the walkways. The diameters of those trees was “tree”mendous (sorry!)

When we were done it was back across the bridge. Here’s some video of our efforts to get back over. (Watch to the end and see how crazy people can be about what they bring to go over this bridge!)

Capilano

Safely over and of course we had one more stop – the Trading Post!! Doesn’t ever good ride/adventure let you off at the gift shop?

We found this guy outside the shop.

The place was really jumping that day and we spent a few minutes listening to some great live music.

It was getting time to return to our tour bus. We found these along the way back to the parking lot. Also had a minute for another duo-shot at one of the signs.

Our tour guide was waiting for us in the lot. The couple from Florida was already there. We were missing, however, the woman from NY. Jack went off to find her and soon they returned. We were off again.

Next up – Grouse Mountain, the Peak of Vancouver

**lauriep** · 10-09-2011, 10:40 PM

Spectacular! It's amazing the way they set up the tree-to-tree walk. You got to walk around at the top of a rainforest! That bridge really started to sway on the way back-- scary! And it was really quite rude the way people kept blocking your path. It got pretty crowded there for a while.