During our day in Vancouver a few weeks ago, Rich, Gavin, Cari, Ruey and I headed to the Capilano Suspension Bridge. The bridge in itself isn't particularly special, and I'd hesitate to say it was worth the entrance fee -- until we found that the area also included something called the "Treetops Adventure."

There's a series of bridges running from giant tree to giant tree, 20-30 feet above the forest floor. The engineer in me was interested to learn that the construction of each platform uses a compression system that only puts 20 psi of pressure on the trees. That's the equivalent of you pressing on your desk, hardly enough to harm the tree.

The entire network of bridges felt like either the Ewok village from Return of the Jedi or Lothlorien from Lord of the Rings. Take your pick.

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