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Sun, 26 Feb 2006

Vancouver, BC: Day 3
This morning we travelled north across Lions Gate Bridge. We stopped first at Grouse Mountain where Kristy and Berkeley rode the tram up to the resort and played in the snow while I waited in the car in the parking lot with Eliana (who had fallen asleep during the drive). Kristy and Berkeley looked like they had a good time - I looked over the pictures (which I will post later).

From Grouse Mountain, we decided to drive up to Whistler and visit a "big train" museum on the way, located in Squamish. Unbeknownst to us however, a storm had blanketed the area with 2 feet of snow during the night. So we made it to Squamish (and found that the train museum was closed for the day due to the snow), but didn't venture further. I had discovered throughout the course of the day that the Pontiac Grand Prix rental we had wasn't so sure on its feet on wet roads, so I wasn't about to try it in the snow (the Grand Prix is a far cry from the Mercedes ML). The roads were still being cleared as we drove into Squamish.

Before we turned around to make our way back to Vancouver, we stopped at a local Wendy's/Tim Hortons and had a bite to eat (as I note in the review, the Tim Hortons doughnuts are incredibly delicious, definitely a highlight of our aborted trip to Whistler). Back in North Vancouver, we visited the Capilano Suspension Bridge... well, Berkeley, Eliana, and I went inside - Kristy stayed in the car and took a much-needed nap.

In the evening we went to eat at the Old Spaghetti Factory (i.e. another generic kid-friendly forgettable restaurant) in Gastown, and while there, visited the Gastown Steam Clock. Supposedly the Gastown Steam Clock is one of those "must see" Vancouver attractions that can't be missed. It is literally mentioned in all of the travel literature I read, and in many cases, mentioned quite prominently... and because of that, I guess I was expecting something very much different than what we found. Resembling an oversized grandfather clock, the Gastown Steam Clock can be easily missed... in fact, we drove by it several times before we finally found it - in a word - underwhelming (at best). I snapped a couple of pictures of the clock anyway. We'll see if they turn out, it was dark.

:: Posted by rus on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 11:25 pm
:: Filed under /daily_journal/2006, /vacations/2006/vancouver

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