Hobbit drove us to an amazing water fall on the road north from Grouse Mountain, unfortunately we can’t remember the name. But Things loves waterfalls so we had a walk about and a bit of a paddle in the cool cascades. Its free with lots of parking so would recommend it. Will try to find out the name!!!Lonsdale Fishing
We rented a boat and went fishing, bit extravagant but we got a good deal. We saw a seal pup and mother, then an eagle. Hobbit fell asleep on the boat for the whole time, not sure he was in the mood. Us two and Amanda had a blast cruising up and down trying to catch a sock eye salmon. I’ll emphasize that we tried to catch a salmon as back to our usual fishing trips we caught sod all. It was still cool as we got drive the boat ourselves and set up all the gear which was kit we had never used before. Things did a magnificent job of skippering whilst Stuff was first mate and in charge of fishing gear.
Sminke Minke/ Victoria (Little Britain)
We went to Victoria on Vancouver island to go whale watching. Took the ferry across and the bus down to Victoria. The scenery in Canada is truly amazing, snow capped mountains with pine forest everywhere, fjords and blazing sunshine… Go see it. We saw a Minke whale which I felt a bit sorry for as there was about 8 boats all trying to get a glimpse of it. All in all good day out. We got stuck in Victoria as our Tour was late so we missed our bus back to the ferry, so found a nice hotel and went to an Irish bar. Here Things had a pint (yes it comes in pints) of Kronenburg, (that actually tasted like lager) for the first time in 8 months. Victoria reminds me of the UK. But better.Capilano Suspension bridge and Capilano Park and Salmon hatery
So it was a public holiday in Canada so we decided to do something close to Grouse mountain to avoid traffic. We headed to the Capilano Suspension bridge park. This was a mistake. We realised this when we found out the price but foolishly bumbled ahead as we were already there. Stuff was not very happy. The Bridge park itself is kind of cool with impressively engineered bridges over a revine but very very crowded (not like the adverts) and quite sterile considering its in a forest. We made the best of it (Things more than stuff) then decided to head to a salmon hatchery up the road.
The salmon hatchery is in Capilano park. Capilano park is free, uncrowded and beautiful, with some normal bridges over stunning rivers that to be honest were to my mind as good as the suspended ones. The hatchery at the center was also free to look round with loads of information about the Salmon program and even a fish pass with glass sides so you can watch the salmon jump up the levels, very geeky I know but we loved it. Do not bother with the Suspension Bridge Park, just go to Capilano Park spend the day, go fishing, have a picnic etc its lovely! Grouse Grind
Stuff and I had different onward flights due to timing of bookings etc. because of this I had a bit of time to kill so on a whim decided to climb the grouse grind, a 2800ft trail up the mountains. The trail is made up of a slightly winding path of steps made out of rocks and tree roots. Its really cool and beautiful but pretty brutal particularly in flip flops (not recommended). Still I was not trying to break any records and took my time, which was around 1h 10m. Defiantly an awesome work out and cheaper than the gym. It only costs $10 for the cable car ride back down and you could hang out at the top of the mountain or do some more hiking, bargain!! By Things
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