Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Arrived in Vancouver 7/27
Well the Rocky Mountaineer was quite a trainride. Left Banff on Sunday morning and traveled the Kicking Horse trail to Kamloops where we spent the night. Left this morning and traveled around the very arid area of Kamloops Lake and the Thompson River, eventually merging with the Fraser River in Confluence, following this all the way into Vancouver, traveling mainly thru the Fraser Canyon (very scenic). Arr Vancouver around 6:45 Monday evening. Spent most of Tues. at the Capilano Suspension Bridge in N. Vancouver. Main bridge was neat, about 200ft above the gorge and about that long. Also a treetop complex where you walked from one tree to another via shorter suspensions. After leaving here went to Stanley Park to the aquarium which was ok. Had a 4D film which was a BBC Planet Earth segment called Shallow Seas. Very interactive with water sprays, bubbles, vibrations along with the 3D effects. Bye and take care, j&s