Day 13 ~ Stanley Park and Vancouver Lookout

Another gloomy day in Vancouver, but it wasn't going to stop us from going to Stanley Park.  No real rain to speak of, but still reasonably cold and overcast.

Stanley Park is (we believe) larger than Central Park in New York and I think that my legs would agree.  We didn't even scratch the surface, but we must have walked at least 10 KM today.   The city of Vancouver isn't one of the nicest we've seen and the water front certainly isn't all that impressive, but Vancouver is a surprisingly easy city to walk around.  The walk certainly didn't do either of us any harm after sitting on a train for 2 days so it was nice to get out in the fresh air.

Waterfall in Stanley Park

Stanley Park

Beaver Lake Stanley Park

The park goes from an urban park through to natural lakes and dense forests.  Sometimes you think you're the only humans around until you hear the traffic of surrounding roads and car parks.  Mostly cyclists have a separate lane to pedestrians so it is very well organised.  Not like in Canberra where cyclists and pedestrians share.  We were able to find ducks, geese, goslings and black squirrels darting around the park.  I hadn't seen black squirrels before, so that was kind of exciting.

Black Squirrel in Stanley Park (Running up Tree)

Geese & Goslings

On our way back to the hotel, we decided to go to the Vancouver lookout which is sort of like a Black Mountain tower I guess, with 360 degree views of the city.  We had vouchers from our Rocky Mountaineer trip so even though it wasn't the best day we won't really have another chance because we head out to San Francisco tomorrow.  It was worth a visit, but night time may be the best time to see it.  I don't think my legs will take me that far again tonight.