Saturday, June 26, 2010

Oh Canada...The True North strong and free!

We were up and out of the hostel by 8:30 a.m. this morning.  We went to the Great Canadian Oil Change, and Megan's car received its much needed oil change and new wipers.  We also had breakfast at Tim Hortons.  As my dad would say, BSCOG's.  (Bitesize chunks of goodness).  And goodness it was.  It was about a 6 hour drive from Kamloops to Whistler, but we took Hwy 99, which is the scenic route and it was beautiful.  We arrived to Whistler about 3:30 ish.  We walked thru Whistler's Village and went to all of the stores.  We had lunch at the Brewhouse and my brother Tom, told us to take the Gondola up to the top.  By the time we got there is was almost 5 and the Gondola was closed.  The mountain shuts down at 5, but there were still some runs open for the mountain bikers.  We headed to the car and started the journey to Vancouver.  Tom told us to stop at Brandyvine Falls.  It was so beautiful, it was a huge waterfall!   It was a quick 300 m walk across railroad tracks to the overlook.  Amazing!   Pics to follow.  Again, we have shoddy internet connections.  Then we headed to Vancouver.  We drove on the sea to sky highway which hugs the pacific coast on a mountainside....again beautiful.  We got to the hostel in Vancouver at about 8:45p.m.  Last night in Canada, and then it is on to Seattle tomorrow!

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