Well I’m back in Vancouver for yet another year of my undergrad, six is the new four right?!
Anyways, my Mom and I thought that it would be nice to have some fun and cross another item off the list of things to do before I die. I’ve lived in Vancouver for a few years now and have had spent thousands of bus rides staring at the same Capilano suspension bridge advertisement. I knew it was something that I wanted to do while I was in Vancouver but hadn’t had the time to do it. I did make it over to the Lynn Valley suspension bridge for a hike (aka a nature walk in Alberta) but I didn’t think that was big enough to really knock the item off the list.
My Mom and I took a drive over to Capilano Canyon to experience the suspension bridge. I need to add here that we didn’t get honked at during this drive either – thanks BC for being nice to us Albertans for at least this one drive! We were waiting in line to pay to get in (yes it’s quite expensive if you are thinking about heading over there) and this lady hand us a two for one coupon. Although the coupon didn’t mean anything to our new friend, it meant that we didn’t have to pay an arm and a leg to cross the bridge!
We wandered around the visitors centre and learnt a lot about the history of the bridge and the people that were a part of it. The park was quite cute and was a great tribute to the people that brought the bridge into existence.
So how long is the suspension bridge you might ask? 450 ft or the length of two Boeing 747 airplanes wingtip-to-wingtip (taken off of the sign)
How high is the bridge? 230ft high (four full sized T-rex’s to reach the bridge from the river) – also taken from the sign.
Although the bridge was really neat (and pretty large) my favourite part was the rainforest with the treehouse! If you know me, you know that I’m a bit of a tree hugger with a love (sometimes obsessive) for the environment. I can’t help but love my cedars!
Can someone please build me a treehouse like this?! It’s two stories and looks like you could permanently live in the treehouse and be quite comfortable. The architecture of the house is stunning and their use of natural resources is impeccable – Santa can I have a treehouse for Christmas this year?!
Although this picture is pretty blurry, it gives you a sense of how high the bridge is. It doesn’t seem that high when you are on it but it’s pretty decent. I wouldn’t want to go bridge jumping off of this one.
Didn’t really want to buy the t-shirt but for memory sakes:
Pretty easy item on the list but it was really great to experience another piece of Vancouver!
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