Day 9
August 15 – Capilano Suspension Bridge
Howdy. I’ve been procrastinating.
On Monday, I went to Capilano Suspension bridge with my mum and my brother. We stopped by the Lonsdale Quay Market first before we headed off.
We had lunch here before we went to the suspension bridge. I wanted to go to the burger place I went on Day 1 of Transit Travels.
The first time I came here, it was the boss lady that took my order. This time she was cooking in the back while a young woman was taking orders. Ordering didn’t go easily this time, she spoke in a really soft and heavily accented voice. I usually don’t have a problem with accents, but she talked so quietly I could not hear her at all. I had to asked her to repeat herself three times.
I got a Hawaiian Chicken Burger – $8.90, my brother got a Chicken Burger – $7.90, my mum got a Salmon Burger – $8.95.
Our total was around $36.
If you did the math quickly, that wasn’t right. But we didn’t notice until after we paid. My mum was looking at the receipt trying to figure it out.
I didn’t exactly have confidence in the girl who took the order, even before we thought they overcharged us, so I brought it to the boss lady who came to front to help make the burgers.
“Um, excuse me,” I said to her, “We were just looking at the receipt and even if all of the burgers cost $9, our total would still only be $27.” This was what my mum had said to me.
The boss lady was very flippant at first, she looked at her copy with what seemed to be the intention to prove us wrong. She frowned.
“Oh, yes, she typed in the wrong order for one of these.”
The boss lady started to explain what the younger woman did wrong.
“It doesn’t matter, just refund us,” my mum interrupted her with her passive aggressive do what I tell you laugh. (I know she’s reading this so.)
She refunded us $7.25. Geez, a $7 difference, really?
This experience was comparatively bad to my first experience with this place. I would still come back, but now I’ll be much more vigilant about how much I’m paying.
From left to right: Salmon, Hawaiian Chicken, Chicken.
They all come with fries but a drink is extra, so my mum just went to the McDonald’s by the seabus and got two larger dollar drinks, which is a lot cheaper than getting a drink from Dex.
I stole a bite of both my mum and James’. For the sake of research so I can write about it… of course.
James’ – the Chicken – was much too ordinary to have cost $7. Bun, chicken, mayo, lettuce. You can get that at McDonald’s for half the price. It was, of course, a lot tastier than McDonalds, but I considering it was a gourmet burger place…. The verdict on the Chicken Burger: Waste of money.
My mum’s – the Salmon – was pretty good. Grilled salmon, lettuce, tomato, tartar sauce. Verdict: worth a try. It tasted exactly like the burger I got from Pajo’s in Steveston though.
My Hawaiian Chicken Burger was still the best in my opinion – even being the second time I’ve tasted it. Grilled chicken, lettuce tomato, pineapple, teriyaki sauce. It was delicious. This kind of specialty burger, something you can’t get somewhere else is the only thing I think is worth getting.
Like everything else I’ve been having, they are all too expensive to eat on the regular, but if you ever get to Lonsdale Quay, you should definitely give it a try. Especially the Hawaiian Chicken Burger. Be sure to give your orders clearly (I was asked to repeat myself a bunch of times as well) and double check your receipt though.
We caught the 236 bus that would take us to Capilano Suspenion bridge after this.
Right inside the gate was this:
There was a big group of people standing on the pathway blocking everyone access to these people. I really wanted a picture of them, so the only obvious solution: I walked up and joined their group, not saying a word. They all looked uncomfortable and then all walked away.
That’s how you disperse a crowd.
The first thing we did was go on their new attraction the Cliffwalk.
It took about 20 minutes to get through it. It would have been way quicker if the group in front of us didn’t stop in the middle and block up the whole pathways every couple of minutes to take photos.
We sat down and relaxed for a while in front of the Old Fashion Ice Cream stand after.
My brother wanted to do the Cliffwalk again and while he was gone, my mum and I bought two scoops of the old fashion ice cream – $4.78 (after tax and the 10% discount you get with the membership card, which is complementary for BC residents after you pay for regular admission).
The bottom scoop is mocha and the top is white chocolate raspberry. Definitely try the white chocolate raspberry, it was delicious, as well as being a flavour you don’t commonly get in store.
My brother came back and said, “HEY!” because my mum vehemently rejected the idea of buying ice cream before.
The bottom scoop is Rocky Road (chocolate ice cream with marshmallow and almonds) and the top is Creamsicle Swirl.
I shared an ice cream with my mum (read: she ate most of mine) while James attacked his by himself.
Yes, very attractive.
We finally went on the bridge after being lazy for a while under the tent in front of the Old Fashion Ice Cream stand.
Excuse the huge lens flare. The sun and the rocking bridge were determined not to let me get a good shot.
In fact I didn’t get very many good shots. Capilano Suspension Bridge as well as (Day 10’s) Burnaby Village Museum were off days for me.
I forgot this photo earlier. It’s a photo of the dashing band that I caught before they went on their breaks.
Here’s my mum as we rode the seabus back to Downtown Vancouver.
Wait… this was actually on the way to Lonsdale Quay. Oh well. It looked pretty much the same going there and back.
Here’s the sunset on the way back though.
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My thoughts and condolences to the Rypien family. 27 is much too young for anyone to die, he should have had a lifetime in front of him. Rest in peace, Rick Rypien. You will be greatly missed. The NHL, the Canucks organization, the Jets organization, the world has lost a great player, a great fighter, a great person.
heiding away. 