After a night sleeping on grass for a change and a cracking breakfast in a German bakery we're full of beans and ready to go. Whistler is our next stop and we head on south. The weather though doesn't quite feel the same as we do and by the time we get to Whistler it's a pretty grey day. Nonetheless the tent gets pitched again just out of town and we go in search of things to do. Whistler is the outdoor capital of Canada in many ways as there are so many things to do no matter what the season. It's going to be playing a big part in the 2010 Winter Olympics when they go to Vancouver but at this time of year it's more biking and the like. However, when its teaming with rain and there's a good deal at the local internet cafe the warmer, drier option becomes instantly more attractive. Whistler is pretty packed as its Thanksgiving weekend in Canada but the majority of people have opted for indoor activities. Maybe the rain will disappear tomorrow...
24/7: Our luck with the weather ends spectacularly
Sunday October 7th
...then again maybe it won't! When you go to sleep in a tent with it raining the sound you don't want to hear in the morning is the continuing drops of rain on the canvas. Sadly that's what we had. This has been the first really bad spell of weather we've had in just over 5 weeks so we can't complain, well we can but I think it will fall on pretty deaf ears. Neither of us are up for doing much so we pack up the tent and head out of Whistler. I'm sure it is a great place, and its reputation suggests it is, but I don't think we saw it in its best light, struggled to see it at all really, so we head on south. We make our way towards Vancouver but stop the night in a place called Squamish. As with a lot of the towns we've been to in Canada it doesn't look like much when you arrive but when you start looking around it you find all sorts of interesting things. The river that runs through it, the Squamish, is a salmon spawning route so if you are lucky you can see them swimming their way back upstream and as they're easy prey you'll then see bald eagles on the lookout for a bit of food. Thanks to the rain of the last couple of days the river was flowing very fast and wisely the wildlife had obviously holed up somewhere. It was still an interesting walk along the banks. We also discovered a beach, accessed down a back road and through an industrial wasteland, that gave great views out into Howe Sound. Very fjord-esque and hopefully similar to the sights we'll see in New Zealand. All the better as well for finding it when you least expected to. Tomorrow we head to Vancouver.
24/7: Just one more week left in Canada
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