Canada & Alaska - 2014

Day 5: Vancouver — Capilano Suspension Bridge Sun Jun 22, 2014

Technically the tour began yesterday but today is the first time that parts of the tour group travel together. The Capilano Suspension Bridge is the first of our “Freedom of Choice” Sightseeing trips. We teamed up with Kaye and Hazel to travel to the bridge in North Vancouver.

The bridge has been in place in one form or another since 1889 and crosses the Calipano River into a West Coast rainforest. When a large number of people walking cross at the same time, the bridge certainly begins to sway. Only one fearless explorer from the party of four made it across.

The Cliffwalk is a second trek which follows a granite precipice along the Capilano River with a labyrinth-like series of narrow cantilevered bridges, stairs and platforms. The views from the Cliffwalk were impressive.


Mal with Calipano Bridge workers	Debbie with Calipano Bridge workers	Water over rocks	Totems at Calipano Bridge	More totems	Debbie with totems	Mal and debbie with totems

Flower bed	Debbie on suspension bridge	Kaye and Hazel on bridge	Calipano River	Calipano River	Calipano River	Cliff Edge walk

Calipano Suspension Bridge	Forest of other side of bridge	More forest	More forest	Mal on suspension bridge	Mal on suspension bridge	Mal on suspension bridge

Kaye and Hazel	Fern on cliff	Moss on cliff	Fern on cliff	Debbie on Cliff Edge walk	Another rock plant	Debbie on Cliff Edge walk

Calipano River whitewater	Mal on Cliff Edge walk	Mal on Cliff Edge walk	Debbie on Cliff Edge walk	Waterfall at end of Cliff Edge	Mal at waterfall	Debbie at waterfall

Stones in pond	Debbie at Calipano	Mossy forest floor	Waterwheel	Debbie and Mountie	Floatplane in Coal Harbour