Langley, B.C.
Let me begin by saying this was one heck of a drive from southern Idaho. All in all minus pit stops and what have you’s, the drive is near 11 hours differing from traffic. Now that is a long time to be sitting in one seat for that long. Which I’m sure others have had longer trips but this was just my first. Although it was long and never ending it was well worth it once we crossed the boarder. It could have fooled me that we were in another country, minus the obvious boarder patrol crossing. I have always imagined it would feel and look different for some reason but it wasn’t much of a change, which wasn’t bad, it made me feel more at home.
We came in through Langley, which was where our hotel was. Mind you we wanted to stay in Vancouver since we wanted to spend the majority of our time there but big city calls for big bucks. But, Langley was a perfect place to stay which only was 45 minutes (depending of traffic) outside of Vancouver.
Vancouver, B.C.
Our first tourist attraction took us to the famous Capilano Suspension Bridge that expands over 450 feet and 230 feet above the Capilano River. As approaching this bridge it seemed a tad bit intimidating not only because of the size and several people walking across but because of the drop down below. The bridge was super sturdy but it has to be flexible for the flow of constant travelers and unpredictable weather changes.
While first stepping down onto the bridge it was unnerving because it was swaying so much which I found myself gripping the rope railing trying to hold it all together, but it was a breathtaking view as you walked across all 450 feet of it.
The views from the bridge also gives you 360 degree views of evergreen forest and the river running below.
As soon as you step off of the bridge your taken into the bottom of the Treetop Adventures which is a most attracted attraction inside the park. It gives you the most up close and coolest experience of being up in the trees and gives you views that you don’t get to experience on a day to day basis. As said it gives you a squirrel’s eye view of the forest.
Before reaching the Treetop Adventure, you reach the base of the park which lies underneath all the mini suspending bridges.
As we proceeded on we encountered a pathway that lead us up into the treetops for another thrilling experience and spectacular views.
Traveling through the trees definitely makes you feel like you’re some sort of animal with the different heights and moving from tree to tree. As coming out of the Treetop Adventure we found ourselves making it back down to the forest floor and back to the Capilano Suspension Bridge, crossing it again, and heading towards the Cliffwalk
We ended our exploration of the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park Cliffwalk and made our way to what’s known as Stanley Park which had more to offer and explore then we anticipated. We tried to explore the whole park but found ourselves only exploring only a small portion.
We found ourselves at the waters edge by walking the Stanley Park Sea Wall which borders the whole park because, I myself, can’t have enough ocean in my life.
We ended up following the sea wall that lead us to the Vancouver Aquarium, as I am infatuated with the ocean and life that lives in it, it was a must do sort of thing.
(Excuse the weird sideways uploads, click and watch and it should flip upright)
This aquarium was in the middle of Stanley Park, small and quaint but a fun little place to visit. Obviously this isn’t half of the sea creatures exhibits and much more, my eyes just took it all in instead of my phone.
As finishing up exploring the aquarium we had one last place we wanted to go check out, which was all the totem poles. Although most of these totem poles were replicas or replacement poles (since the others were taken to museums for preservation and informational reasons). The most recent one was hand carved and the real deal created by Robert Yelton.
After leaving Stanley Park and before traveling off Vancouver Island we stopped at this souvenir shop, as you can’t leave without a souvenir, and ended up finding a breath taking view that ended our trip around Stanley Park.
North Vancouver District, B.C.
Our next days trip lead us into North Vancouver District to a little valley named Lynn. Which we ran across Lynn Canyon Park and Suspension Bridge filled with wooden pathways through the forest, water falls and swimming holes with crystal clear waters.
After Crossing the Capilano Suspension bridge then this suspension bridge there was no doubt this one was a tad bit scarier. This one swayed a little bit more, was slipperier, and creaked with every step. I make it sound like it was about to collapse but these bridges are very well constructed and maintained that you would have nothing to worry about! We made it across it two times so that should say something.
Although the pictures don’t show much of the current air conditions parts of Canada were filled with smoke because of the surrounding wildfires. But minus the not so good air quality this place was still a beautiful place to explore.
Our next destination you could definitely see the air quality and smell the smoke that was lingering throughout the city. We ended up at White Rock beach, which is named after a huge 480 ton (lots of pounds) white granite rock that sits on the beach. Sadly enough I didn’t get a picture of the whole reason the beach was named why it was named.
We were grateful to have beautiful days and even though we had crummy days we made the most of them. Canada was my first out of the country experience and it couldn’t have gone any better. As British Columbia, a huge province, and Canada a huge country, we hope to be back to travel and explore much more!
-Travelin' with T- 
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