salt the planet

I woke up early this morning to stroll along the beach again. There was quite a bit of wildlife out: seagulls, herons, an otter and even a bald eagle defending its nest against two other birds. Due to the rain we weren't able to take down the tent until later than expected. Daniel graciously allowed me to post my first blog posts and took down the tent by himself! Thanks bro! We made our way to the ferry and took a HUGE (7 levels!) ferry from Victoria to Vancouver. After getting to our campsite and getting things set up, we mapped out the rest of our time in this gorgeous city. We decided to go to the Capilano Suspension Bridge first, which is Vancouver's oldest tourist attraction (ca. 1889).

It was unreal to walk along the 450 foot span over 200 feet above the canyon floor below. Standing anywhere along the bridge, one could feel each step every person took as we crossed. The trees on the other side were amazing as well. Douglas Fir, Hemlock, and Red Cedar, some as old as 800 years and as tall as 300 feet, surrounded us in what seemed to be a mystical land. After the bridge we went grocery shopping that night and turned in after a wonderful dinner of peanut butter and banana sandwiches with watermelon on the side.