Wednesday, 5 September 2012

blackcomb, peak 2 peak

Friday 31st August 2012

peak 2 peak gondola
 
canada
 
top of whistler looking down
 to whistler village
 
peak 2 peak in background
 
nice and chilly
 
chipmunks on the mountain
 
looking across to blackcomb
 
awesome carved seat
 
marmot
 
forest on top of blackcomb
 
looking down to whistler
 
more beautiful scenery
 
so nice!!
 
the ride back
 
down down down.
 
on the whistler gondola
 
vancover city from stanley park
 
totems
 
totem poles
 
the camry
 
lion gate bridge
 
art at the usa border
 
nice moonrise heading back to seattle
Today was consisting of a ride on the Whistler gondola to Whistler Peak then the larger gondola ride to Blackcomb known as the 'Peak 2 Peak.'  The temp today was about 9 degrees in the village and 1 on the peak, so it was a bit cooler than we have been having.  The gondolas take close to an hour to make it all the way to Blackcomb.  The scenery is beautiful and there is so much stuff to look at including wildlife everywhere.  You also have the best view back down the mountain to Whistler.  We stayed up the top and had lunch then made our way down.  We were heading back to Seattle today stopping off at Vancouver's Stanley Park on the way.  The weather was so nice and the photos at Stanley Park and the city were also very nice.  Would have been nice to spend some more time in Vancouver.  Had a look around Stanley Park including the totem poles and then headed for tonight's accommodation.  Tomorrow we fly to Las Vegas and we need to get to the airport by about 3.00 pm to give back the Camry and get to the flight on time.

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