Whistler

Today, Saturday, the kids stayed home to, hopefully, get some homework done, while we headed to Whistler. We stopped along the way at Shannon Falls, the Tantalus Lookout, and Brandywine Falls. There was quite a bit of low cloud this morning which hid the higher mountains from view, but the day tuned out well and the cloud lifted for the return trip in the afternoon. The views on this Sea to Sky Highway are stunning. It will be the end of the mountain bike season at Whistler when they close the mountain bike park, and convert the chairlift back to passenger only, after the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend in 2 weeks time. There were still quite a few people up there today and it was difficult getting a car parking space. The free public parks were full. They had one of the large parking areas fenced off for paving and there is still quite a bit of work going on up there in preparation for next year's Winter Olympics.