Round the West - Day 22

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We had a nice breakfast at the B&B this morning then set out for Lynn Valley Canyon Park. Driving through Vancouver is a bit of a pain, I have to say. I'm amazed at how much traffic the city has at all hours. Anyway, we made it to the park and crossed the suspension bridge (very fun and bouncy), and hiked down, along the creek to twin falls. The scenery was beautiful. The park is a temperate rainforest and moss covers everything from the tree stumps to the rocks. Moss hangs in sheets from branches, and everything was a beautiful green. It drizzled and rained all the time we were out there, so we were a bit damp, but the scenery made up for it. At Twin Falls, I know it's out of season, but I saw a salmon trying to swim up the creek. I was astonished to see one. From there, we hiked back to the park's cafe and had scones and vanilla red bush tea for lunch before freshening up for another hike. This time we went upstream to see the 30 ft pool (which had a gorgeous view up stream to a rock lined waterfall providing you were willing to risk taking a dip climbing out into the pool over slippery rocks) and hiked up hill to a level area, then down hill again and across the suspension bridge. By then, we were tired and our feet hurt, so we went to a store in town to shop for snacks. We got some Tim Tams and Dad got an Oh Henry bar and we tried a Nanaimo bar (very tasty, like a brownie crossed with a fruit cake and chocolate and cream). After that, we made our way through the afternoon's traffic to drive through Chinatown which was very cool looking. Then it was only a matter of getting back to our B&B. Once there, I settled in to watch ep. 4 of True Blood (Eric was introduced! I love the way they keep pulling lines from the books too. It keeps everyone in character.) in the common room, and read fanfic and more of American Gods.

I should note, btw, that the B&B cook and one of the Swiss guests here this morning thought I was a teenager, and was shocked that I'm 25 *L*