Town of Pemberton

Mountains around the town of Pemberton.

Sucky...

So the cool thing is that Vancouver/Whistler is getting the 2010 olympics. The sucky thing is sitting in the traffic jams caused by construction. i.e. I am able to type this whole message sitting here. :-(

Vancouver - Stanley Park

We're taking a horse-drawn carriage ride through Stanley Park. Looks like the sun is coming through. I forgot how nice horses smell. ;-)

Sea to Sky Hwy

On the road to Vancouver, from a lookout point.

10/30 activities

My apologies for no post for yesterday. Yesterday was a pretty lazy day, we walked around the resort village


since we had not seen it during the day and the sun was out. It was interesting talking to the shop workers about the differences between peak season and what is now off season. They have to make all their money for 1 year in 8 months. We saw people walking around, but it was hard to tell if some of them were tourists or locals.

We stopped in a chocolate store (or I was pulled into pulled into a chocolate store :-) )

and they had some interesting choices. We picked up some desserts for dinner: a big cookie

and white chocolate and peanut butter covered caramel apple.


Afterwards, a little more shopping and then we returned to our lodge. Next up, day trip to Vancouver.

out on the trails

Today we walked some of the trails around Whistler village. The one thing we were constantly saying is how the village is at the base of many mountains.

A five minute walk from our lodge will bring you to a ski lift. Currently, it's off-season, so it's great that it's not crowded at all. Unfortunately, the lifts are closed. That's ok, we're still having a great time.


One of the trails we walked led to 'Lost Lake'. It was so quiet there. We got the opportunity to talk to a family visiting the area from Vancouver. They were very friendly and told us about the country and the Vancouver area especially.

There were a few creeks around the area and the temptation was too great. I had to taste the water. I'm still alive and not sick yet so that's a great thing for all of us! And the water tasted real clean and crisp.

Well, that's it for tonight. See you tomorrow!

lost lake

the trail we walked is called 'lost lake'. this is a pic of the lake.