Lake Placid Lodge
Travel Blogs from Whistler
Day from Hell
What a day!!
It started with taking 1.5 hours to get our rental car - I kid you not. Hertz in Vancouver were on strike so it was only the manager working. It was taking so long that while we were waiting roger decided to check out and put our bags into storage and still got back before I had got to the checkout counter. It still took about …
Sea to Sky and Back Again
... is amazing, it is a suspension bridge spanning the Capilano River that sways and rocks under the many feet that travel across it. They boast that it is 137 metres (450 ft) long and 70 metres (230 ft) above the water (and rocks) below. Jon and I really enjoyed it and even stopped at various points along the bridge to take pictures down showing how high the bridge is. At times we had to hold on to the railing to steady ourselves because it sways so much with ...
My new found love of Whistler Mountain
... the lift, easy lift on and then bum down on the next chair. I suddenly realise this is my first time on a chair lift! I'm not a skier so it's all a bit exciting. I've learnt to ski, just not hit the slopes properly. Although very intrigued so might try and go skiing back home his winter. Took some pictures from the lift, chatted to the guides and started to anticipate what was ahead of me. There are so many people doing this sport, great for kids and adults, amazing ...
Whistler: be aware of bears
... met torentjes en mooi aangelegde straten. Zelfs de hoofdstraat heet hier, net als in Disney, Main Street. We hebben er even lekker rond gesnuffeld en er de toerist uitgehangen. En natuurlijk moesten we op de foto met de Olympische ringen...
Het plan was om vandaag met de gondola omhoog te gaan en te genieten van het schitterende uitzicht op Whistler. Maar na het lange winterseizoen bleek het tijd voor de halfjaarlijkse onderhoudsbeurt ...
The Moose begins
... on so we had a chat to them then we swang by the office and picked up the others and our t-shirts J First stop was the Totem Poles in Stanley Park which Alan and I had been to see the other day. We kinda just stood around and had a chat to Kirsty –a PhD student on her way to a conference on heart disease in Portland USA. We had to hang around a bit longer than usual because our bus was too small for everyone as we were picking someone up in Whistler and there was no spare ...