During today's breakfast - which, btw, is a bit more abundant than yesterday (we have pancakes, jam, grapes, bananas, apples, a nectarine, and cereal) - we decide to visit the Capilano Suspension Bridge. Of course, we didn't check the weather forecast beforehand, so it rains almost the entire three hours we are there. But with an outside temperature of 3°C and rain, we are used to it back home, so it's not that bad.Map, suspension bridge relatively centrally positioned
The Capilano Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge that was built in 1888. It is 137 m long and a proud 70 m high. It (presumably only statically) allegedly holds up to 90,000 kg, but I assume that it will collapse much earlier if stimulated with the right frequency. Of course, I tested this on a smaller suspension bridge that can also be found in the park. Unfortunately, I cannot insert videos here, but even the smaller bridge did not collapse during my experiments - maybe I still need to fine-tune the frequency.
Vibration excitation of a smaller suspension bridge
In addition to several suspension bridges, there is more to admire in the park. For example, the Treetops Adventure Walk, where quite tall Douglas firs were connected with each other via a kind of treetop path (which was more in the middle of the Douglas firs). There is also the Cliffwalk, which runs along the edge of the small canyon on a cliff.
Treetops Adventure Walk
At various locations in the 11-hectare park, there were signs with interesting information. Among other things, the average water consumption per year of Europeans and (North) Americans was compared. I spare you my comment on this ;-) It was also interesting to see that almost all local visitors didn't bother reading the signs. You could learn something after all...
Only twice as much? There's more to be had ...
By the way, the entire park is located in a coastal rainforest that consists mostly of coniferous trees (primarily Douglas firs). There are likely bears in and around the Capilano River, as well as salmon at the right time. Unfortunately, we didn't see either today. But what isn't can still become! All in all, a pretty successful day. Let's see what the rest of the week brings.
