Our B.C. Adventure - Day Four

Day four in Whistler was yet another rainy and cloudy day. Cooper was a sleepy little guy and he crashed out in the Ergo carrier as soon as we got to the village.


Coop and I made the best of it and while Ryan was working we rode up the Whistler Gondola. Once at the top we admired the clouds and were thankful that we have been to Whistler several times before and know the beauty that was hiding behind those clouds.




We had some breakfast and jealously watched the skiers.




We then rode the Peak To Peak Gondola, or as Ryan calls it the Latte to Latte Gondola, across to Blackcomb. It was so cloudy we couldn't see anything but down. It was actually a little eeire watching the gondola come out from the clouds.




Once at Blackcomb we enjoyed another Latte.....we had to stay true to it's name.



We headed back over to Whistler and took the Gondola down. Cooper had his nose pressed to the glass almost the whole way down.


We did get a very small view of the village on the way down.



Ryan was able to take off from work early again so we had some more quality Uncle Ryan time. We also had the chance to talk to Hillary on the phone. Sadly, Hillary was not in B.C. while we visited because she snapped her ACL while skiing and returned to the US for surgery. She was having a lot of trouble recovering so she headed to their place in Costa Rica for a month of relaxing on the beach. I know, tough life.






We went out for dinner together then spent the evening with some friends Chris (Bern to you Welland readers) and Gloria.

Our B.C. Adventure - Day Three

On day three Ryan had to spend another couple of hours at work in the morning. With it being high season and the Olympics coming things are busy for him right now.

Cooper and I headed to Whistler Village first thing in the morning. Our first stop was Starbucks.


We then spent most of the morning wondering in and out of the shops. Picking up a few things for Riley, Simon and Jason and taking in the Olympic mania.





Coop enjoyed his first ice cream. Cows ice cream!



The rain was starting to get to us so we went to an indoor playground in the village called The Core .




Ryan joined us by noon and we headed back to his house to let Coop have a nap. After nap Ryan cooked us a yummy steak dinner. Ryan, Cooper and I spent the evening hanging out together. It was a perfect evening of time with my brother, catching up with each other and laughing over all of the things we did in high school. Looking back now, I can't believe we did some of those things....YIKES! For my high school friends all I have to say is prom nights and Halloween night in Fonthill....like I said....YIKES!

Our B.C. Adventure - Day Two

Day two started off with doing some logistical things.....grocery shopping for food for Coop etc....

After we got the boring stuff out of the way we headed to the Olympic Oval. The security was insane! Large bannered fences, security people, helicopters, fighter jets, man holes and sewers bolted down with large steal bars. Needless to say we couldn't get too close. I did manage a few photos but I was that whacked out tourist standing in precarious places to get a photo.





After the Oval I dragged my poor Aunt and Uncle all the way to the Lululemon Outlet Store. I did make a few purchases, one of them was for Jason and when I gave it to him he replied "why the hell would anyone spend that much money on a pair of jogging pants."

We then started our drive to Whistler. My aunt and uncle were nice enough to drive with me. That Sea to Sky highway or Sea to Die highway as it was referred to as is stupid, insane, out of control. It's even worse then normal because they have made it into a four lane highway instead of it's normal two lane by LINING EACH LANE WITH YELLOW METAL POLES. I did take a picture while driving (yes, not smart) but this photo doesn't give it any justice.


We made a stop at one of the view points. More clouds and rain:)



Made it Whistler on time for dinner. We ate at Splitz Burger in the village. I ordered 4 Splitz combos as Ryan left work to join us for dinner and it cost me $85.00. Now, the burgers were good, great in fact but $85.00?????????

After we filled our bellies we toured the village admiring all the lights.




My Aunt and Uncle headed back to Vancouver and Cooper and I hung out with my brother at work until he was done at 8:00pm. I spent most of time trying to explain to Ryan why I did not want to go bungee jumping while I was there, I didn't care how much a deal he could get me. I will admit, I did think about doing it several times while I was there but the bottom line is I'm a chicken.

Our B.C. Adventure - Day One

We had a very early start to our B.C. Adventure. 4:00am and we are on the highway. Cooper is still snuggled in his jammies and is ready to go.


The flight was great. Cooper was great. I had hopes that he would sleep a lot but he only gave me 20 minutes. He was an amazing flight partner and the hit of the plane. We flew in with some members of the Canadian Olympic Curling Team.




My Aunt Nikki and Uncle Glenn met us at the airport. The first stop a quick airport lunch and exploration of the Jade statue and Olympic mascots.




Next on the agenda was my rental car.



We were all set and ready to go. We headed straight to the Olympic train.





We rode the train to Grandville and checked out the market. What a great place! One of my favourite things to do is wonder around markets checking out the goods, consuming enormous amounts of fresh fruit and of course drinking a latte.








We headed out to the pier to enjoy our Lattes and chase the birds. Cooper loved this part. He was so excited and had no fear at all.







Cooper was exhausted by the end of our day one adventures so we headed back to Aunt Nikkis and Uncle Glenns for a nap, dinner and early to bed.