Day 3

We arose bright and early after a sleep disturbed by evil boys. The previous day we had agreed to allow the boys one night in our luxury king-sized bed. This was a mistake, a BIG mistake, as not only were all the girls things in that room, the girls were too tall to even fit into the slightly small sofa bed. Also, the boys decided to wake up at the crack of dawn and play a rowdy game of football.

We decided to go to the Vancouver art gallery to see the new exhibition, 'Krazy!'. The exhibition was based on modern cartoons, comics, manga, anime and video games. It was very interesting and everyone enjoyed this wonderful insight into this new and modern generation of artwork.

At midday we walked back to the hotel. Henry, William and I had a quick swim in the lovely pool and then quickly dried ourselves off to join the rest of the family in a small snacky lunch.

At 2pm a minibus came to collect us outside our hotel, for a tour of some of the attractions of North Vancouver. Our tour guide, Gavin, was charming and all the kids grew to love him. The first major attraction was the Capilano Suspension Bridge, 230ft high, over Capilano river.

After facing Chubbys, and then Wilseys nerves, the family managed to clamber across the unstable, swaying bridge. After a few more park attractions, such as the treetops adventure, we got back on the minibus to go to Grouse Mountain.

The family stepped onto the large cable car that would soon transport them up the very tall mountain that towered above them. The views were breathtaking as the tram ascended higher up the face of the mountain.

Once up, when all the photos had been taken, we watched an exciting lumberjack show. A man journeyed up a huge pole where he proceeded to juggle and do headstands on the narrow platforms, to the audience's worried amazement. At the end of the act the man tried to take a photo of the audience below, only to take a step back and fall off the platform. It was only now we realised he was attached to a harness and slid down the zipwire to safety.

Later on we saw a "birds of prey" show. This was very entertaining and many large predators flew over our heads. We also saw two grizzly bears that had been orphaned but helped to safety. After another trip down the mountain, we took the short journey home via catamaran where we sadly said goodbye to Gavin.

We ordered delicious room service and spent the remainder of the evening relaxing.