Stanley Park, Vancouver

Today it was a public holiday called Victoria Day in celebration of the birth of Queen Victoria because Canada is also part of the Commonwealth. Because it was a public holiday, there were lots of people at Stanley Park, our preplanned destination for today. Stanley Park is over 1000 acres of densely forested land in the city. It has Coyotes, Racoons, Beavers, Eagles, Herons, Seals, Squirrels, and lots of people on bikes. We saw Eagles, Herons, Squirrels and maybe kinda a seal. It was really amazing to have such a cool forest in a city. We went and saw these totem poles, that honoured the native Canadian people. We then went to get lunch at the Stanley's Bar and Grill. There I had a hot dog, Papa had a Poutine, the national dish of Canada, and Mama had honey garlic chicken wings. We then walked around Beaver Lake whilst doing a Pokémon route. Unfortunately we saw no beavers :(, but we did see a lot of squirrels. There were heaps of them! There were sooooo many they nearly ran up my legs! There are three types of squirrels in Stanley Park, the Eastern Grey, the Douglas, and the Northern Flying. We saw all three in one place living not so happily together. We also saw lots of cool birds, and two landed on my hands! We saw some little ones and a big one called a Stellar Jay. It was black and blue, and looked awesome. There were two of them and they were hanging out with the squirrels. When we headed back to the car, we had an amazing encounter with two bald Eagles. They flew down to the trees next to our hire car. I saw them first, and pointed them out too Mama and Papa. They were so big that they nearly got stuck in between the trees. Luckily they got out without getting hurt. Papa was very happy to have seen them. We then drove home and had dinner and went to sleep.Read more