Our Chrysler 300 rental ride (Darin Rotert, you'd be proud, I'm driving a Dodge (Chrysler)) and one of the views from the day.
Day 3… we packed up our stuff and checked out of the Hyatt Regency in downtown Vancouver this morning and took off toward the next leg in our journey – Whistler. One of the best things about this day was the road trip from Vancouver to Whistler. To get there, we drove the Sea to the Sun Highway, which follows the coastline and you drive right along where the mountains come down and meet the ocean. It’s a beautiful drive. Unfortunately, there are forest fires somewhere and the smoke has caused the mountains to be really hazy. So even though it was a clear, beautiful day, the visibility wasn’t very good. It was still very cool but the pictures aren’t that great due to the haze.
We got to Whistler, home of the 2010 Winter Olympics alpine competitions, around 1:00 and checked-in to the Delta Whistler Suites right in Whistler Village. Whistler Village is a collection of hotels, shops and restaurants that has a really cool ski town vibe. The lifts for Whistler and Blackcomb mountains come right down into the village. We vowed to return to this place in the winter time to snow ski. It would be so cool.
We walked around the Village Stroll (as it’s called) and shopped the various stores: Gap, Guess, North Face, Merrell, and many others. This was Cindy’s part of the trip. This evening we ate pizza with at some place in the village that advertised organic dough, whatever that means. Must be healthy. This was our cheapest dinner the whole trip – around $13.00.
Tonight we’ve just relaxed in our room, read, listened to Adventures in Odyssey. Tomorrow we’ll take the gondola up the mountain and do some hiking and sightseeing.
I tried to talk Cindy into going on a 4 hour hike but I was unsuccessful so we’ll probably do something easier.
We’re having fun!
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