too much...

...of a good thing.

sometimes, a good idea can be strangled in its execution.

in our over-litigous society, warning signs have become a guilty pleasure of mine.

the sheer number of warnings on display at the enterance to the Lynn Valley Park in north Van; is just astounding.

to be completely clear - I'm all for warnings. If these over-blown and quite-frankly ridiculous signs can result in the saving of even one life, then great. But sometimes, you just have to laugh at the poor execution of a great idea.


Lets start with a good one


- displayed at various places where people might think about jumping a fence
- very straight-forward in it's message. go beyond here at your own risk
- don't do it.

however if we return to the warnings at the enterence of the park; alongside the trail maps and other information boards, we get the following...

to be fair, all of these were accompanied with text describing the actual warning, but it's certainly funnier if we just look at the pictures.

- careful of the cliff, you might fall... good advice


- ...and need to go swimming... ok.


- ...but it's cold... again, thanks for reminding me (this could actually be useful in summer)


- ...and you will drown... wow, bummer.


- ...unless you have magic shoes, in which case you will float... say what now?


- ...If you are a girl, your magic shoes will cause you to drift into the cliffs... ...well that's strangely specific


...ummmm...


-...what...


- ...the...


...f*ck...


- ...now you're just messing with me


- WHAT! seriously - you have to stop. why decapitate a harmless dog? he wasn't doing anything, that's it - i'm out of here...


Others


- NO BOGANS!



- ...if you climb a fence, you might hurt your nuts...



Once I'd recovered from the humourous signage, and moved into the park; I found the suspension bridge


- first built in 1912... with a span of 48m, hanging 50m above the creek



- the bridge, back in 1915



- is it scary?



- not really



- the supports are anchored pretty well into the rock



- and as you can see in this detail shot - the bridge cable is mighty and strong



- shot of the trail, with raised walkway (couldn't tell if it was to protect me from the forest... or the forest from me)



- moss on the trees (oooooh furry...)



- cool tree-stump



- reflection = pretty?



- scary waterfalls!



- massive cliff (actually about a foot high, but the macro makes it look HUGE)


what else... Oh, I saw fantastic mr fox last night - 'twas pretty good. nice use of the stop-motion-style.

Last day in vancouver tomorrow - probably spend it packing... for the snow!

see ya