Whistler!!!

We have seen more rain than sun so far in Canada. And the jet lag has been really bad. Both Joel and I have made some really silly mistakes. I have actually kept a list of some but I'm not telling! I wonder if that is what the beginning of dementia is like.

On Monday morning, before collecting the motorhome, we took a quick train trip in to the city centre of Vancouver. We were there before all the commuters and the city was just waking up. Vancouver has a nice mix of old and new buildings and a great board walk on the harbour, all seemed very clean and orderly and snow capped mountains were occasionally visible under the cloud.

It rained all the way to Whistler for my first RV drive on the right (wrong) side of the road, but we made it!

Spent our first day in Whistler sorting out bikes, and walking around the village and bike paths and trying to get over jet lag.

Today - Wednesday - we had our first ride at Whistler!! The weather looked like clearing at first but changed it's mind after lunch and we got wet and muddy. Did four rides on three different tracks before getting too wet and too cold.

Already, we have met two of the downhill mountain biking boys from Hobart here! The world is small. Joel is converted - he loves this place.

There are pine trees everywhere and snow capped mountains all around. It feels like we a staying in a forest of Christmas trees. We have seen a squirrel, and some giant slugs, but no bears - yet.

 

Everything is BIG here - big coffee (medium at Maccas is the largest Aussie size), utes are really trucks, mountains of course are big, meals are big, even the slugs are big!