We left on Saturday and drove up to Whistler, a skiing mecca about four hours from our house. There's a very nice village there with restaurants and the lifts taking people up the mountain. The Olympics had been held here in 2010 and much of the town is newly constructed for that.
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| Henry in Whistler Village |
The three of us skied on Sunday, with Joseph getting in lots of runs. It was a little foggy but amazing skiing, with really long runs, no real crowds, and good quality snow.
On Monday we drove south from Whistler and stopped in Squamish for an amazing hike. The Squamish Chief is a large rock overlooking the town, valley, and sound - it was a strenuous two mile hike up (about an hour), including some ladders and chains at the top to get over some really large rocks. The view from the top was amazing - it was a clear day and we could see for miles.
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| Views from the top of Squamish Chief |
From there we drove down to Horseshoe Bay, where we took an hour-long ferry to Vancouver Island. There we took another hike along an old wooden railroad trestle that has recently been restored. We stayed that night in Victoria, the largest city on the island.
On Tuesday we headed back home, taking another ferry - this one a three hour ferry that winds its way through the beautiful San Juan Islands. It's just starting to be whale season there, but we didn't get to see any from the boat. We landed in Anacortes, Washington and then drove home from there.
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