Whistler

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Oh Canada

The scenery in this country is magical and looks every bit as spectacular as we expected it to be. The animal hunt though had been frustrating and almost fruitless. We set off for Whistler and our brush with fame and the Today show. Some of us had made signs with cardboard and markers provided by Scenic the night before. We found the broadcasting site in the square but fame is fleeting. We all stood together, held up our signs, had a brief chat to the lovely Georgie Gardiner and it was all over. We will have to wait until we get home to check the tape for the result. We have seen the photos that Scenic took and placed on their Facebook page. Enough of this rubbish though.

Whistler itself was amazing. We started the next day with a helicopter flight over the mountains and then took the Whistler express chair up Blackcomb mountain to join the Peak 2 Peak gondola. We saw a bear and its cub grazing on the mountain under the ski lift although they were almost hidden under the luscious growth on the mountain. There are about 60 black bears that live in Whistler. The scenery is spectacular and you can see the snow capped mountains in the distance with the Whistler valley below. It is 4.4 kms long and takes just 11 minutes to travel between the mountains. I'll let the pictures give you more of an idea of our time in Whistler

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Photos

Co-pilot Kevin
Helicopter flight over Whistler

Inukshuk
The inukshuk has long roots in Inuit culture, and it is typically created as a single stone in an upright manner. "something which acts for or performs the function of a person."