The Big Trip - Horseshoe Bay to Pemberton

Picturesque Horseshoe Bay.

174 km - We just stopped at Shannon Falls Provincial Park. The falls are awesome and high. We missed the turnoff and HAD to double back after seeing them from the highway. Day 2 is off to a great start.

Shannon Falls.

More Shannon Falls.

Shannon Falls, the video.

Brenda at the look-out point.

196 km - Our latest stop was the Brandywine Falls Provincial Park about 30 km outside of Whistler. The falls shoot straight down into a canyon with concave walls. It is amazing how the trees stay alive at the top of the concave walls. Unfortunately the suspension bridge was closed, but we did see the Whistler Mountaineer train pass by and waved to happy tourists.

Precarious trees.

Brandywine Falls.

The slowest moving train ever.

215 km - Stopped for lunch at Citta in Whistler. Whistler is a gorgeous spot. Every thing looks new and expensive. Our lunch was tasty but the service was poor. The Whistler lager is nothing special. It would have been nice to spend more time here and it would also be nice to be rich.

Missing Victoria beer already.

246 km - En route to Pemberton we stopped at yet more falls. This time we did a short 1.5 km hike to Nairn Falls, which flows into the Green River. These falls were very powerful. Now off to Pemberton to get some gas.

The upper section of Nairn Falls.

Green River, photo credit to C.C.R.

Making friends on the trail.

The Big Trip - Victoria to Vancouver

Hi! It's been a love you long time since we last posted but here we go!

Since moving back to Ontario our lives have been pretty hectic. We ended up living apart much of the summer, Brenda in Hamilton and Toronto, and me in Barrie and Oro. That certainly wasn't the plan, but a torturous apartment hunt, and job circumstances made it difficult for us to be in the same place during the week.

Now we're settled in our new apartment right near the water in Toronto. Looking out from our tiny balcony we can see a little sliver of Lake Ontario and planes coming in to land at the Island Airport. Now that we're together in one place we're excited to share our trip home with you.

Like on our trip out to B.C. we had a journal with us and recorded some details and highlights in there. If you see blue text, that is me writing, and purple text is from Brenda. Anything in black is something we're just adding in today.

0 km - And we're off! Bye Bye House!

Just about everything we own is in this picture.

6 km - We just stopped at Mile 0 of the Trans-Canada Highway. We thought it would be a symbolic start to our journey. Of course we're only on Hwy. 1 for about a kilometre until we get off and on to Hwy. 17.

The journey begins!

The greatest Canadian! (So says I.)

Our home for the next two-and-a-half weeks.

Our farewell ferry trip.

40 km - We're getting ready to get off the 9 a.m. at Tsawwassen. Back on the mainland. Part of me always feels like going to the mainland is returning to Canada. That part of me is somewhat right I guess, since we do go through U.S. waters for a bit. Bye Bye V.I.

TELUS World of Science in Vancouver.

OH NO!

Big thanks to TELUS for pointing us towards the anus.

Blue skies, from Rose and Kate's apartment.

Relaxing at Graham and Caroline's.

90 km - It is 8:38 a.m. and we have safely made it out of downtown Vancouver and are headed towards Whistler on Hwy. 99. We had a great time in Vancouver. Our afternoon was shared with a couple of hundred kids at Science World, which, as it turns out is really just a huge arcade. But it was a good way to spend a grey afternoon and when we left, the Sun had come out. We then went to check out my cousin Graham and his fiancée Caroline's place. We had a great visit and dinner at Timbre. Overall, it was a great way to spend our last day in Vancouver. Thanks again Rose and Kate for your hospitality and the Dove chocolates, Yum!