Spontaneous Weekend Trip- Vancouver, Canada

We decided on a whim to head to Canada this weekend.  We've always heard that Vancouver was a great place to visit and when I did a quick search, I couldn't agree more.  It was an interesting city with a lot of diversity.  The downtown water front was beautiful and the neighborhoods we visited had an authentic vibe.  We found great local diners with amazing food and explored a science museum, a park voted the best in the world and a 425 foot suspension bridge.

 

Capilano Suspension Bridge- 460 feet long and 230 feet above the river.  It was an incredible engineering feat!  It was pretty hard to stand still for too long because all of the people walking on and off of it made it really move.  

 Hold on!

 In the park there was also a tree top adventure where many of the douglas firs were connected by suspension bridges.  

 Avery is across from us, wearing the red coat.

 Another part of the park had a cliff side walk which was also amazing.  The walkways were only connected to one point on the cliff.  

Vancouver has only 90 sunny days a year and we were so fortunate to be there during one of the 90 days!

 The Squamish Nation put these totem poles up at the park to share their history of the land.

 Can you find Avery and Alia?  They thought this was hilarious and wanted me to take a serious picture of them hiding in the cardboard cut outs.

 We were able to visit Stanley park on Sunday.  It was voted the best park in the world.  It has an amazing path all the way around the water and a lot of interactive places.  The kids thought this hollowed out tree was neat.  

 Next stop, Science World.  We always love hands on science exhibits.  

 Her birthstone and favorite gemstone.

He was laughing so loud at the series How to Train Your Dragon.