Next we spent a few days with Leina in Vancouver. She has a nice
appartment in the middle of town. It was nice because she too
likes to walk a lot. It was rather rainy when we were there, but
that is typical for this area. I think they get over 300 days of
rain a year, but usually its more of a drizzle than a rain.
We then proceeded to a timeshare exchange in Whistler. David and
Aida came a couple of days later to join us, so we had to drive
back to airport to pick them up. On our way back we stopped at the
Capilano Suspension Bridge. It is a simple suspension bridge
crossing the Capilano River in North Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada. The bridge is 140 metres long
and 70 metres above the river.
It was a bit rainy, but we were able to get plastic ponchos to
control the moisture. A year earlier they had opened the Treetops
Adventure, a series of seven suspension bridges attached to eight
Douglas-fir trees that provides a walking surface about 100 feet
off the floor of the forest. Remy didn't do that walk, but the rest
of us did.
I included some pictures that show the width of some of the trees.
There were salmon running in the river but you couldn't really
see them in the picture, so I excluded that one. The bridge itself
was a little shaky due to several folks trying to make it sway.
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We then continued to a timeshare exchange in Whistler. We never
stayed in Whistler before since Squamish is only an hour or two
away, but we visited it many times.
We were a little between seasons on this visit. During the summer
they ski up higher on the glacier and in the winter they ski on
the slopes we were visiting. So this time of the year they were
re-assembling the lifts and doing the yearly maintenance activities
for the lifts. It was cold enough to start making snow and they were
in the process of getting all that equipment operational. Therefore
there weren't a lot of visitors around and we had the area pretty
much to ourselves.
Links:
Seattle Visitors Information
Capilano Suspension Bridge
Vancouver Parks and Recreation
Whistler Twin Peaks Vacation Club
