I got to take a trip to Vancouver, Canada with my family to see my cousin. We also went sightseeing and saw a lot of Vancouver’s natural beauty. We got to see so many amazing things that I can’t wait to share with you guys. On our first day there, we were really tired, and we just picked up my cousin and went home, rested, and played cards. We played cards for a pretty long time, and then we realized we should use every day we had. So we also went grocery shopping after that, ’cause we were living in an Airbnb, so we had to cook a lot of our own food. After shopping, we went home to drop them off, and we went to the waterfront, where we could see the dazzling blue ocean, and we also saw water planes landing and taking off from there. Before we left, my friend who had visited Vancouver before, told a lot of what to do, and what places were really good. She told me about this fun ride, and I didn’t know that it was at the waterfront, but it was! So we got to go on that ride. Thr ride is called FlyOver Canada, and they show you a very well made video about Canada, and then they take you on the ride. The ride part is called the UpLift. We sit on these seats that are attached at the top, and then they project really pretty pictures of different places of Canada on the screen. The machine the seats are attached to move a bit and tilt in different ways to make it look and feel like you’re on a jet going through these places. After the ride, we went to a place called Gastown. In Gastown, there is one of the few working steam clocks in the world. We saw the steam clock and got to eat really yummy pizza.
On day 2 of our trip, we got to go on really cool gondola rides! The gondola rides were pretty long, but you get to see all this beautiful scenery as you go up the mountain. One gondola takes you up to the top of the mountain, and then they have one gondola that’s extremely strong, that takes you from the peak of one mountain to the other. We started on Whistler Mountain, went to the top of that, and then we had some food there. After eating and taking a bunch of pictures, we got in line for the gondola that goes to the other mountain. This gondola was called Peak to Peak, ’cause it takes you from the peak of one mountain to the other. We used the small gondola to get to the top of Whistler Mountain, and then we used the Peak to Peak gondola to get to the peak of Blackcomb Mountain. I was kind of scared to go on the Peak to Peak gondola, but we did it, and it was awesome! When we were at the top, we looked at the view for a while and took a bunch of pictures. And since we were so high up, there was still a lot of snow up there. And we had a small snowball fight, which was really fun. We went into the small building they had in there and played cards. Now I can say that I played cards on top of a mountain! We got to take the Peak to Peak gondola again to get back down, and this time, we went on the glass floor gondola. There is a small section in the gondola’s floor that is made of glass. You can see the trees under you, how high you are, and it’s pretty cool, but kind of scary. We went all the way back down to the small village at the base of the mountain, and it felt good to be back on the ground. We had lunch at this great Mexican restaurant and went home to rest.
Day 3 was pretty frightening. You may be asking why. That’s because we went on a suspended bridge! The bridge was connected at the two ends and then there was no other support. I was scared when we were going on it for the first time. I held the railing and my mom’s hand. Before crossing the bridge, there are totem poles and the Cliff Walk. We looked at many cool totem poles and took pictures before we crossed the bridge. We decided to do the Cliff Walk after we came back. We walked carefully and stealthily on the bridge to the other side. On the other side, they had a really fun Treetop Adventure where they built platforms and small bridges between the trees for people to walks on. We went on the entire Treetop Adventure and took lots of pictures. The view was beautiful from up there. At the beginning of the adventure, they had a scavenger hunt for kids. I did it just for fun. I had to find these boards that were around the park and take different notes for each board. I received a pin for completing the hunt. As we were going on the scavenger hunt, we were also looking at the rest of the park. They had little rivers and ponds with mini bridges going over them for people to walk on. There were even little fishies in the water. We went back onto the other side of the main Capilano Bridge to go on the Cliff Walk. At first, I was kind of scared, but I was also pretty excited. As we started the walk, I got less and less scared. It was actually really fun and pretty. Some parts of the walk had glass sides so you could take pictures of nature and the mini waterfall. They also had areas where the floor was a grid. It was a grid made out of metal that you could go on and see beneath you. The main part of the Cliff Walk was a big semi-circle for people to walk on. The whole experience was amazing, but I was really tired so I slept on the car on the ride home. When we got home, there was one thing my parents wanted to do that we could only do that day, and that was going to the boardwalk. We walked along the boardwalk and saw the beautiful ocean which was very peaceful at night.
On day 4 we took a ferry to the island of Victoria. The ferry was about two hours, and we stood outside most of the time to look at the fascinating view. We could see the ocean and some mountains and it was super cool. The ferry also took our rental car on the ride. Once we got to the island, we went to a botanical garden. It had stunning flowers, plants, trees, small ponds, statues, fountains, waterfalls, and bridges. Everything was super gorgeous and adorable to look at. We took SO MANY PICTURES! After looking at everything in the garden, we went to the Parliment house in Victoria. The building was closed but we were still allowed to look at it from outside. We ferried back home, but we stayed inside for most of the time. It was dark and cold outside, so we played cards indoor until it was time to go back to our car.
In my trip to Vancouver, Canada, I got to see a lot of natural things and natural sites. My trip let me explore more about Canada, and more about nature too. I’m very happy I was able to go on this trip.
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