Even though the weather looked cloudy and gray, we wanted to get out and do something with our one full day in Vancouver. We decided to drive over to Stanley Park (a huge “Central Park”-style park adjacent to downtown Vancouver. Nestled inside the park is the Vancouver Aquarium. There were fish, eels, snakes, spiders, dolphins, beluga whales, otters, and lots of people. It wasn’t a huge facility and it only took a few hours to get through.

We headed back to the hotel and then walked out to Chinatown to find some lunch. After browsing around looking for a suitable place that wasn’t too “sketchy”, we ended up at a trendy small place called Wild Rice. We were the only customers in the whole restraunt – but the food was well presented and tasty. It was all served “family-style” but Krissy and I both had our own dishes primarily. She had some salmon and oriental greens with noodles, I had some sweet & sour ribs, brown rice, and szechuan chicken.

Again we had eaten late so dinner wasn’t an option. After another dip in the spa, we drove over to Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club. We took a short break around the corner at a Tim Horton’s to try their famous doughnuts. They were definitely better than Dunkin Donuts, but not as good as a hot Krispy Kreme. Coffee was good too!

The comics were pretty good – but as it usually ends up for some reason, the first guy and the host were the funniest of the whole show. The middle guy and headliner were’nt that good. But it wasn’t too expensive (before we bought a drink anyhow) so it was a fine way to end the night.

Our last day will bring us over to the Capilano Suspension Bridge, and then back to Seattle to fly home.

With a continental breakfast start, we drove up 2 hours to Whistler on the scenic Sea to Sky Highway. We made it to Whistler Village just in time to go on the 12:00 ZipTrek tour. We donned all of our harnesses and helmets and walked up to our first practice zipline. It was a great, short ride across the cable – just enough to get us excited for the real tree-to-tree lines. After a a van ride up a private road (where we saw a ton of Olympic construction for the bobsled track) we loaded out for the first line. The whole tour was awesome from there. Long lines, high in the sky, above raging waters and amidst huge trees. Krissy and I had a blast. Took some great videos mid-flight and several shots all around the tour.

While we were in Whistler we walked around and decided on a place for lunch before heading back to Vancouver. Krissy had a salad and I had a cajun chicken sandwich. On our way, we stopped at a huge waterfall to take in some unique scenery. It started to really rain, so we just kept going back to our hotel.

By the time we got back it was fairly late. We went in the hotel’s rooftop jacuzzi and then took a nap in the room. It was too late to go and grab dinner – so we skipped it and just watched a bit of TV before nodding off to sleep.