Day 4

After a restful night's sleep, we were up and raring to go (energy levels and muscles ready for action). A slightly later start to the morning only leaving home at 7.30am this morning. Once again catching the number 3 bus to the downtown waterfront area. A short walk around to Canada Place (2 large cruise ship were docked there this morning) to catch the free shuttle up to Capilano Suspension Bridge (Here it is tribal name and also a coffee, not a honey like in Australia).

The suspension bridge spans the 450 feet canyon and is 230 feet above the canyon floor. As groups of people are constantly crossing back and forth over the bridge you feel the sway of the bridge from the moment you step out. The bridge was built in 1889 and has been a popular tourist attraction ever since.

On reaching the other side of the canyon we went on what is called the Treetop Adventure. This is a walk along 7 wooden suspension bridges linked from tree top to tree top. No nails or screws were used in the building of the walk nor any machinery (no trees were hurt in its construction either!). It is all eco-friendly. Once descending from the treetop walk we did the nature walk through the rainforest which was made up of Douglas-Fir (biggest and tallest), Western Red Cedar and Western Hemlock.

We went back across the suspension bridge (along with the multitude), ready for the Cliff Walk. The Cliff Walk is a walkway suspended from granite cliff walls, which includes an arc that takes you a reasonable distance out over the canyon 230 feet below. There are little extensions to the walkway every so often to allow people to stop and take photos without slowing the traffic of walkers. Margaret showed her bravery yet again and went out along the entire walkway. (She opened her eyes at the end!)

Before leaving, we walked through what is now called the Trading Post gift shop. This was the original tea room built back at the start of the 20th Century. Here we purchased some homemade fudge. Yum!

We then caught the shuttle back over the Lions Gate bridge into town. Next was a walk over the Granville bridge to Granville Island. Here we roamed the public markets buying some cheese and fresh fruit. Lots of other interesting food and craft stalls. This is a very popular place, especially the taproom for those with a thirst!

Proceeding back into town, we took a couple of photos of the cruise ships at anchor at Canada Place. This huge building can dock 4 cruise ships at the one time. We will be back in 2 weeks for our turn.

As we promised ourselves a reasonably quiet afternoon, we bussed back home for an early finish to the day. This gave us the afternoon to work out the intricacies of our blog and upload photos to the blog (Margaret!) and link the Garmin GPS (Vince) with our overnight addresses of where we will be staying/heading over the next 2 weeks in the Rocky Mountains. (A work in progress - hopefully I will work it out before we leave the Rockies)