the great northwest trip, day three

Now back to stories of being a tourist.  The plan for day three (Monday, August 11th) was to cross the border into Canada to visit the beautiful city of Vancouver, British Columbia.  First order of business once we got there was lunch.  After about ten minutes trying to figure out how to work the prepay parking machine we finally got it it to accept our payment and off we went.  We found ourselves at library square where we had some awesome slices of pizza from Flying Wedge.  Because it is vacation, we then walked across the street to have some crepes for dessert.  No longer starving, it was time to get a move on being the tourists we came here to be. 

First stop was Grouse Mountain.  Thankfully I was able to talk my boyfriend out of hiking the 1.8 steep incline called “The Grind” and we took the skyride to the top instead.  Could we have successfully completed the hike?  Sure.  Would I have been happy while doing it?  Nope.  I am now determined to go back and do it one day though.  Just so you know, since I had no idea, the top of the mountain is like a little village.  There were restaurants, grizzly bears, a lumber jack show, a bird show, zip lines, helicopter tours, and I believe you can paraglide off the top as well.

Other parts of the trip included stopping at various points throughout Stanley Park and then walking around downtown.  Stanley Park is beautiful, but somewhat difficult to navigate if you ask me.  And as far as walking around downtown goes, I could have gotten whip lash from window shopping, and I’m not even much of a shopper.  So before I go to Vancouver again I need to make sure of two things… that I am in shape and that I am rich.  Riiiight.

Below are some shots from the trip.  Again, I am not the photographer and the whole album (63 photos) can be emailed if you want to see more of our adventure.

woohoo, we made it!

just in case you were wondering

a beautiful day in Stanley Park

when i see a hollow tree, i want to step inside

view of the city from Stanley Park

us at the top of Grouse Mountain