It was another beautiful day in Whistler - sun, blue sky and warm enough for only one layer! We drove up to the Whistler Sliding Centre where the bobsled, luge and skeleton was held during the 2012 Vancouver Winter Olympics. It was closed until the winter season so we could only walk around the outside. But, we could still see the track and all the scrapes around the corners. The track is still used in the summer. They put wheels on the bobsleds and the public c...

Another day full of adventure! We started the day by taking the gondola up Whistler Mountain. It is a long way up - took about 25mins to the top. Once there, we had our photos taken on the Olympic podium and looked around at the snowy vistas for a while. Then we got onto the Peak2Peak gondola which took us across to Blackcomb Mountain. The gondola opened in 2008 and takes you over 4kms across the valley in 11mins. It was pretty amazing - we only crossed 4 suppo...

It was a long drive from Blue River to Whistler - about 6.5hrs - but we came through some spectacular mountain scenery.we went up and down mountains, through rain, fog and sun. The first part of the drive was typical BC scenery - mountains covered in pine trees and yellow trembling aspens and rivers and lakes. It was very beautiful. Then we came to farming areas. There were cows and sheep and very green paddocks. We passed some very tiny towns and some a bit big...