We visited Vancouver, BC, on 30 August. We got stuck in border crossing traffic at about 0900, but we were able to help out the people in front of us when their car broke down (dad and I helped push it out of the way).
We rode the Shoe Leather Express for most of the day. We wandered around in Stanley Park and ate lunch in the first half of the day, then walked back toward down town. We walked by Canada Place and looked at some enormous cruise liners (by our standards, anyway). Then we stopped and played at the Tellus Science Center for a while, passed by Rogers Arena where the Canucks play, ate dinner, and rode the bus back to Stanley Park.
What struck me most about Vancouver was how many apartment buildings there were. Nearly all of the “skyscrapers,” if you could call them that, were 20-30 story apartment buildings. The other thing I found interesting was the lack of an “Interstate” or main highway. Even on the big road that led to the border, it was still only 3 lanes with approx. 60mph speed limit. I was also very impressed by their money, which came in different colors and had a silver holographic strip on the right side, about where the watermark would be on our bills.
Also of note, we finally got some rubber hair bands for Mariana, but we did to go all the way to Canada to get them!