This is very unusual for us at this time of year to not be packing and taking an extended travel adventure. As many of you know this is the time of year that we get out of town and travel to some amazing places, especially for the month of November. Well for a variety of reasons we remain at home this year, call it a breather. We are weaning ourselves by taking mini day adventures (excursions), with today driving the amazing Sea to Sky highway to Whister. With the weather being perfectly clear we thought today would be "the day" to take in the spectacular sights.
We took our time with making a few stops along the way, the first was at Shannon Falls - with all the rain we have had over the past few weeks we knew it would give us a great show. The next stop was at an amazing viewpoint offering spectacular views of a local glacier - at most times this peak is shrouded in cloud. Two hours after leaving home we were at our destination for the day, Whistler.
Street parking was easy on a Monday, usually you would need to park in one of the pay day lots. We positioned ourselves close to the cross country ski trails as these offer great paths for biking. With bikes off loaded we tested Zydnea with her first ride with us and she did great. She kept up and seemed to love running along with us. We stopped at Lost Lake for a picnic lunch - amazing that there were some people actually swimming. Meaning about 100 metres to a float, lying in the sun and then swimming back as fast as they could. I heard one of them saying that they could feel their heart coming out of their chest - yes, a bit chilly. We then circled back to the truck, loaded the bikes back up and headed to the village for some retail therapy.
A great day as we enjoy our extended summer.
