Day 7 Whistler was Heaven

Just when I thought our dream could not get any better it did. I was so excited to get to Whistler yesterday I set the alarm for 7 but I didn't need it! The sun was shining and I knew it was going to be a great day. When we got to BCIT a camper pulled in to the parking lot and the couple had spent the summer painting it for the Olympics. It was great - an attraction in itself! We were first in line and for the first time (ever) I wanted to sit in the front of the bus!!! The sites were fabulous and they continued to get better at every turn! My camera didn't stop clicking. One of us would say look over here no over there. Unbelievable! The two hour drive seemed to go by as fast as the skeleton athletes did. We arrived at 11:30 and strolled through the village scouting out places we wanted to stop at. Everywhere seemed to be the answer. All three of us were hungry so we went to a great pub in the middle of the village called The Brewhouse. (www.drinkfreshbeer.com) We got the last window seats in the place and the sun was beaming through. It was hard to imaging that it was Feb 18th and we hadn't put on our jackets yet but we knew we'd need them after the sun went down. Michelle had a glass of glacier water and Judy and I enjoyed a pint of Grizzly Brown with our meals. Michelle went on and on about the water and how it was sooo good so I had to try it and it was the best glass of water I've had! (not as good as the pint)

After lunch we continued our tour through Whistler and Michelle found Cows, (this was more exciting than some of the events for her!) Starbucks - thanks Liz and Gavin, and a book store. I told you it was like being in heaven. She had just finished her last book that she had so the timing was perfect! We were still full from lunch so we decided to hold off on the ice cream and get one after the skeleton races.

It was time to head out to the sliding venue which meant more stairs and hills to climb! The venue was huge and it was hard to figure were to stand to watch the race. The sliders go by so fast we wanted to get to a place were there was a straight away and a corner. We thought we had a great place but when the racing started we realized that it was hard to see the racers on the straight aways. Photographing them was even harder. It was a sport in itself. Everyone with cameras were talking to each other asking "Did you get the shot? Wow you did lets see - great shot" Then we would laugh at all of the shots with the track but no racers! We stayed for the 2 women runs and the first run of the mens. We decided to head back to the village for some more shopping and for Cows. We were lucky on the way back because we managed to get onto the gondola to get back into town. It was breathtaking. We continued shopping, met some great people from Australia, gave them our hot shots - they thought it was the best invention ever. They were freezing! ( but still managed to have an ice cream!) We then headed to the bus to head back to Vancouver. Michelle was asleep in a matter of minutes! The ride was quiet and we got in at 12:30 am. Wow what a dream!

Until next time

Medal count

The same as yesterday!

Trace