With all the adventures in the previous days, we decided to sleep in and then head to the Aquarium and visit Stanley Park for the day. The Aquarium was much larger than expected and we spent about 4 hours exploring. It had all the ocean creatures like sea lions, otters, fish, sharks, frogs, urchins, jellyfish and more. It also incuded a 4D Shark Movie, Amazon Exhibit, and a reptile section with Iguanas, Armadillos, Geckos, and more. Caelin's favorite was of course the monkeys! Cade enjoyed the Sea Lions most. It was interesting as we noted that the majority of the rescued Sea lions had partial or full blindness due to human encounters. Charles and I both loved the sloth the most. She was amazing to see and was climbing 2 feet above our heads. We were able to watch them feed her and her very slow climb upside down across ropes. After exploring, we ate lunch at the Bicycle Bistro, enjoyed some ice cream (waffle cone was shaped like a cod fish), and then set out to walk the famous Stanley Park. We salked about 5 miles of the coast line and around the park to see the Brockton Point Lighthouse, Totum Poles, the "Girl in a Wetsuit" statue, Lumberjack Arch, Hollow Tree, Empress of Japan statue, and even a bunch of geocaches! Unfortunately, no travel bugs yet, but we will keep searching. After the park we drove to Belgard Kitchen for a nice dinner. Cade had a Wagyu Bavette, we tried multiple types of pizza, chick pea and advocado hummus, and salmon/mushroom risotto. From dinner we walked to Gas town to see the famous Steam Clock and shop around. We found many fun souvenirs and were able to see the steam clock go off at 7:45pm and 8:00pm. We decided to walk through Yaletown next to see the flowers and visit a Cuban cigar shop for Charles and Boba Tea for the kids. I think were were all ready to head back and relax after logging about 8 miles of walking. Tomorrow we get to see Whistler!
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