Day 258, 19 March 2013. Whistler, B.C. Managed to get to the gondola 15 minutes earlier than yesterday! But that was the least of our achievements - a good solid hour and half before lunch (including the Cougar run moguls pictured... seemed like a good idea until we turned the corner...) then caught up with some friends in the Roundhouse Lodge for lunch. The only reason I mention the name of the lodge is given that every second person you meet is Australian.....

Day 257, 18 March 2013, Whistler, B.C. We did not think there was this much skiable mountain in the world. Whistler-Blackcomb is huge! And we've only seen a tiny bit of the Whistler part. Spent a glorious couple of hours on the mountain getting our ski legs back and kept looking out for the "Slope Closed-Avalanche Risk" signs... because there was almost no one around. Like the plague hit and let us live. Incredible. Sunny day, blue sky. Second in a row. A...

Day 256, 17 March 2013, Whistler, B.C. Wow. It's big. Way bigger than we imagined. We eventually left the condo and ventured out into brilliant sunshine - kicking through fresh snow like kids. Jumped on the free bus into town and then did a loop of the village. Made our way to the base of the two Gondolas and picked up our season passes... the gods were smiling and we both have great photos... what a way to start the day! OK, well it was about 2 pm when we ...

Day 255, 16 March 2013, Vancouver to Whistler - Woo hoo! Aside from waking up periodically for the odd stop, time went super fast and it was 5 am Saturday 16 March when we pulled into the main railway station and bus depot in Vancouver. Fortunately the buses are much more reliable than the sign above the railway station! We even had the chance to check out the train we'll be taking in a month's time - the Amtrak Cascades was sitting on the platform getting rea...

Day 254, 15 March 2012, Farewell Kelowna, Hello Vancouver and WHISTLER! The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things. Mainly packing. Thats right, two weeks in one place means the exploding luggages have had more than enough time to spread far and wide, but we got there in the end, zippers zipped, albeit straining. We enjoyed a final feast with our hosts (the Hong Kong Restaurant in West Kelowna... does awesome Chinese food!) We ventured off af...