Grouse Mountain & Granville Market

Today (July 9th) we woke up and had a homemade breakfast of crepes made by Luc  paired with his mom's fruit spreads.  We left the Sabot home on time to catch the 10:50 a.m. ferry out of Gibsons and head to the sites that were recommended to us the night before.
On the top of the list was Grouse Mountain "the peak of Vancouver." A beautiful mountain top only accessed by the largest aerial tramway system in North America.  When you reach the top there are several activities to do.  We chose to go see a couple of bears who were orphaned and are now kept in a 5 acre alpine sanctuary. We decided to visit the bears because during the entire trip trough Alaska and now we had not seen any bears (although we we have had a few in our back yard near the golf course where we live) unfortunately Grinder and Coola (the bears names) had decided to take a nap (wish we could do as the bears do when we are tired).  Since you never want to interrupt a bear while he is sleeping, we decided to see a bird show instead.  It was not so much seeing the Owl, Falcon, turkey vulture and bald eagle that was entertaining and exciting, but the beauty of the setting where the show was taking place.  We sat in an open space surrounded by hundreds of pine trees and majestic mountains still scarcely capped with snow.  A true delight when there is no smog or interference of city notice to distract the senses.  The brochure for Grouse Mountain says: "imagine a perfect day at Grouse mountain" and that's exactly what it was.  Sunny, crisp and clear and for once NO RAIN!!
Our second stop was at the Granville Island market.  An fusion between farmers market, grand central market and old town Pasadena shops all in one place.  Pretty extensive and diverse. Bustling with people from all over the world.
We are happy to have checked off a few items off our bucket list today, we hope that as we wind up our trip tomorrow we are blessed with the same kind of experiences and weather as we were today.