Whistler, B.C.

We have the motorhome in the shop for a few days so we're staying at friends. We went up to Whistler today, which neither of us have visited for 10 -20 years. The new Sea to Ski Highway is beautiful, a delight to drive. It took us 2 1/2 hours from White Rock, passing Shannon Falls and the Squamish Chief rock climbing mountain on the way. The old Husky station is in the same spot, a little updated, but Creekside is as we knew it, is completely gone, just hotels now. We toured the upper village and walked all along the Village Stroll from Marketplace right up to Skiers Plaza. There was no one at the bottom of the gondola but we heard there was still 15' of snow at the top. We dodged a rainy mist part of the time by walking under the veranda of the shops. There are some rather fancy spots along the way. There is a nice memorial beside a man made creek honoring the luger that died on the course at the Olympics. I couldn't even figure out where we bought our tickets when I used to take the kids skiing. Has this place ever grown up!!! We saw 2 black bears in separate spots on the way home, have wakened up from hibernation by now. We stopped at the North Van Quay for coffee to wait out some of the evening rush hour. It was fun to look across to the Vanc skyline.