Monday September 18, 2017

Back on the 8:35 ferry this morning! We went over to Horseshoe Bay and Greg went to drop stuff in the car while the rest of us went to Starbucks for a pick-me-up. It was pretty grey and rainy when we first arrived, but then the wind picked up and some blue sky came out after we had coffee. We walked around for a few minutes so Byron and Sue could "see" Horseshoe Bay. And we could see the new building going on there and the old Boathouse restaurant sitting there. Don't know what's going to happen to it.

In the car and off on the "famous" Sea to Sky Highway. Byron and Sue have never been on the highway and so have also not ever been to Whistler as well. They had heard so much about it so they wanted to see it. Greg hasn't been to Whistler in many many years either, so it was another day of being a tourist for everyone. The weather on the ride up was great and so the views of Howe Sound were lovely. We were reminded of the other stuff that you normally forget about on the way up too.

We parked when we got there and just wandered around the village. Stopped at the Visitor Centre and got a map so we looked the proper tourist. It took us a while to get settled after hitting the restrooms and getting slightly turned around. And it was *much* colder than we expected up there too so there was some required additional clothes layers. (I could have used even more than I brought! - it was like a winter day up there!). We went to the Village Centre first and watched all the bikers for awhile. If you've never seen it before, seeing bikers on a ski hill is a little odd. Seeing bikes on a chair lift is even odder. It was also interesting to just look around and see all the different non-skiing activities that are available.

We walked back to the middle and then dropped Bella off at the car. It had started to rain quite hard and so we needed to go inside to get something to eat. We went to the rings and the North Village and then ate at "Gnarlyroots" where they had some really great soup and salad. We left there and wandered for a short while, and some tried out some goods at the Bakery next door. Then back to the car and got Miss B out of jail.

My friend Sherry lives at Whistler part time and I had texted her on the drive up to see where she was today. Turns out she was at Whistler and so we drove to her place for another visit! She put the fire on especially for me and also made tea which was so wonderful!

Drove back to the ferry where Greg dropped us all off and we took the next ferry back to Snug Cove. He went and dropped the car off at the rental place and then took the bus to the ferry and caught the next one. Fortunately, we were able to catch Michael, and even though he had "closed out" for the day, he opened up again so we could pay and not have to wait for someone to open the next morning. A quick dinner and a quiet evening as we had had a long day and were getting going pretty early the morning.